Gift for the Land - The Sacrifice
Sacrifice Night. The air trembled in celebration. Bonfires roared throughout our village, places for our people to gather and tell stories that had been passed down generation after generation. Once upon a time I had been one of the...
A Room Fit for a Prince
"Calvantes!" My entourage of guards perked up as a distant voice called my name. In an instant I saw excitement, hope, and a lingering sense that everything would be okay painted in the movements of all the three jackals that surrounded me. To my...
A New Family - Chapter 4
The room was filled with a low thrum as overhead lights struggled to stay on. An engine kicked itself awake from somewhere overhead and, in a moment's notice, the room got a few degrees cooler. Water from a distant faucet trickled to the beat of every...
A New Family - Chapter 3
A New Family - Chapter 3 KA-THUNK. KA-THUNK. Marlo kept his eyes closed. He sat stiff. His hands held tight to his knees. KA-THUNK. KA-THUNK. KA-THUNK. The train jolted, clanged, then began to slow down. KA-THUNK... KA-THUNK... That...
A New Family - Chapter 2
Washington Fellburg was a nobody wolf who, unfortunately, found himself both at the wrong place and the wrong time, and had done something incredibly stupid. Had it been anywhere else he probably would have gotten off easy with nothing but a sour...
A New Family
A New Family -- Chapter 1 _What isn't said is known._ Marlo caught himself staring down at the ivory tray he was holding on to with a tight grip, whereupon he'd deftly balanced two small cups of green tea. Then he caught his reflection on a...
The Price of Knowledge
A search for an ancient artifact. The discovery of the century. A quest for boundless knowledge. He threw every pitch in the book. Adélie couldn't have cared less about any of that nonsense; she wouldn't take a job if the pay wasn't worth the risk....
The Beast of the Redwoods
The 8th and 13th, an aptly named coffee shop nestled in the corner of two equally named streets, sat on a rather solitary part of town. Jaz always likened it to the sort of place that he'd look at and think to himself that it would be nice to visit,...
The Final Voyage of Captain Alva - The End
Two years ago, Captain Alva called out to me while I drifted from stall to stall alongside Harbourside Bazaar. "Vulper," she said with a voice that the captain had never used again, "come here." She had not been the first Welk I'd ever talked to, but...
Of Shy Wolves and Sloppy Yeens
"I wouldn't worry so much if I were you," I explained to the wolf, who fidgeted on a loveseat just the perfect size for his large build. "What I need most from you is to, you know, relax. Take a deep breath." Everyone needed something a little...
Lost in Twilight - Chapter 1
The loud screech of the intercom nearly caused me to jump out of my skin, lighting my already on edge nerves on fire. The driver, whose name I nearly cursed, heaved a particularly phlegmy cough for longer than I felt comfortable listening to, before...
Cuffed Passion
She came out of the woods, he realized, punctual as she ever was. In ten minutes, the wolf that he immediately recognized as his friend loomed between the trees, forcing him to smile as a sudden rush of excitement bolted throughout his body. Sitting on...