Coercion

# ### Coercion _by Wakboth (c) 2011_ * * * "Ten... eleven... Come on, Will, you can do it!" The hyena grunted and straightened his arms, pressing the barbell up. He and Russell were at the gym, and it was the cat's turn to spot. As he lowered the...

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Making an Impression

**Making an Impression** _by Wakboth © 2010_ * * * The knock on her dorm room door made Ellie jump even though she had been waiting for it. The blonde zebra checked for the fifth time that she had everything ready, then pushed the box under the bed...

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Uncomfortably Hot

**Uncomfortably Hot** _By Wakboth © 2010_ * * * The Palmer Library's ancient air conditioning was losing the battle against the heat wave that was baking the Starkers campus. Up in the second floor of the library, where the IT help desk was...

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Awkward

_ **Awkward** _ _by Wakboth © 2010_ * * * Ellie looked around herself nervously, feeling increasingly out of place in the churrascaria. Not only was Sabor definitely out of her price range as a college student, the blond zebra girl was the only...

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Alice - Beasts Within

The doorbell rang. As she waited, Alice gave herself a final check in her compact mirror; the bunny girl wanted to look sexy, but not in a too distracting or obvious way. The neat bun hairdo was all right, and the short skirt showed her legs off...

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Barrett In Action

Barrett In Action by Wakboth * * * The world was a murky, echoing darkness, full of nausea and distant, throbbing ache. Barrett swallowed, trying to keep her gorge down, and concentrated on the ache, welcoming it. Pain was rooted in the...

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Kumite!

"Kumite!" by Wakboth * * * The doors at the either end of the vast, concrete-floored hangar were open, allowing the warm breeze in. Here, in the abandoned aerospace complex near Baikonur, the night air smelled of steppe grass and old rocket...

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Playing with the Possums

Playing with the Possums by Wakboth * * * It was the hottest June in Bixby County that anyone could remember. The town was baking in a sweltering heat that made people sweaty and irritable; everyone was staying in the shadow, trying to...

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The Queer Case of Dr. Stevens; or, The Abominable Mr. Hardy

The Queer Case of Dr. Stevens; or, The Abominable Mr. Hardy by Wakboth * * * The study was a tall and narrow room with tall and narrow windows, flanked by brown curtains. It was a neat, well-ordered room, where the young, buxom blonde...

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The Monster of Newbourne; or, Lady Kinstone's Lover

The Monster of Newbourne or Lady Kinstone's Lover by Wakboth * * * It was going to be a dark and stormy night. The sky was darkening ominously, and the wind was rising. It swept over the moor, rustling the heathers; it blew through the...

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Part Three - Hearts and Minds

Vietnam '69 - Year of the Cat By Wakboth Part Three - Hearts and Minds * * * The village of Cao Sai was perched on the banks of a small tributary of the Perfume River, some forty miles west of Hue; beyond the village stood the wooded...

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Part Two - Beach Boys

Vietnam '69 - Year of the Cat By Wakboth Part Two - Beach Boys The China Beach, properly known as Bai Bien Non Nuoc, was a long, beautiful stretch of beach a few miles south of Da Nang, between the Marble Mountains and the South China...

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