Jarzyl & Atlas: A Good Day
_Some further fledgling flirtations featuring two fond friends._ _(6,330 words)_ * * * Atlas glanced towards the kitchen as Jarzyl led him down the corridor. "If you get me a wet towel, I can wipe this chalk off..." "Nah. I'll get you properly...
Jarzyl & Atlas: Counting Scales
_Some light fledgling flirtations_ (6,347 words) * * * With a quiet flutter of his wings, a young three-legged dragon landed on the balcony. Atlas's sooty-black scales made for good camouflage at night, but on a bright sunlit afternoon like this one,...
Friendly Fledgling (with Fungus)
_Back to the more mundane slice-of-life stories. (2,758 words)_ * * * Atlas was sitting quietly at his desk, just one young dragon out of a class of two dozen, all listening to their teacher as he droned on about the mathematics behind flight...
Core Memory / The Nesting Experience
_In the true spirit of slice-of-life, I wrote two more Jarzyl stories which are casual, single-scene, and too short on their own, so I'm uploading_ _them together here._ * * * Core Memory * * * "Ever thought about shortening your neck...
Broken Wing Fledgling
_Story time. Features friendship. (8,508 words)_ * * * --- "Hey. Hey, hey, look at this!" Jarzyl bounded across her room and picked up something from her table--a long, cylindrical object made of shiny bronze metal, thicker at one end and thinning...
Winter Workers
_A greater spirit of Winter is called to take up a new responsibility for his season. Long nights, cold days, and so much snow, it makes you want to cozy up with someone, doesn't it? (24,044 words)_ * * * _Once upon a time..._ * * * At the edge of...
City Sector Uplift part 10
_The sector uplift finishes. Jarzyl and Atlas finish their adventure._ _Forewarning: this chapter has action, but not_ that _sort of action._ _(5,721 words)_ * * * Atlas reflexively blinked his eyes closed, and when he opened them a second later it...
City Sector Uplift part 9
I've been slow with finishing this mini-series, but it's finally done. Here's chapter nine, chapter ten to follow in two days. _6,820 words_ * * * "Can we go now?" Jarzyl asked. Atlas nodded. "Let's leave." The two dragon fledglings turned and...
City Sector Uplift part 8
_So I've been busy! I went on vacation (alps are nice for skiing this time of year), then SoFurry died and came back to life, then things at work got really hectic with some major projects coming due. Anyway, here's the next chapter of Jarzyl's...
City Sector Uplift part 7
Perched on top of the tall rectangular building, Jarzyl spread her wings triumphantly. "Behold, the territory of Clan Mintaka!" she yelled, proudly declaring it to anyone within earshot, which meant only Atlas. "Show off," Atlas retorted, as he...
City Sector Uplift part 6
* * * For the first moment, _Recursive Grey_ dropped so fast that Atlas felt light on his paws--that familiar sensation of falling made his wings instinctually flick to half open, but then the airship's decent rate stabilized and momentum slammed him...
City Sector Uplift part 5
"Mintaka _Recursive Grey_!" Jarzyl breathed, reading out the name that was painted on the airship. "A Stormrider-class light clipper, third off the production line following Mintaka _Stormrider_ and Mintaka _Cottonside_! Reconfigurable for passenger or...