Strange bars
The sound of something clicking against wood startled me, along with a sudden bright light only obstructed by the large human walking through it. The creature…
Static
Her spider fingers plucked and strummed away to create the silvery shavings of pitch that floated up like a feather caught on one single gust of wind. _Keep…
Family
The wonderful animal family of the House of Goonzalez: There’s the magpie uncles, Left, Right, Up, Down, & Turn who never get much farther than the nest. The…
Papers, Please
Mr. Beaver kicked at a pile of leaves and took a puff from his cigar. “Foreman!” he cried. A harried-looking beaver in the distance looked up quickly and…
Left the Brandy...
Mr. Beaver lit a fresh cigar and walked with Chris Hare through the hubbub of the forest floor, amid packs of rodents hurrying to and fro, beams hauled…
Aloof, Aloft
Mr. Beaver stood at his penthouse window and stirred his brandy with a lonely claw, watching the animals below mingle like ants among the fallen trees. He…
yeahbut
One cool autumn day; deep in the wood, a wise ol’ owl approached three rabbits. “You should thank your father,” said the owl to the littlest one, “for giving…
Cat/Ophelia: Into Earth
Clown was the best. “Cat, since you were the one who worked with Clown the most, I want you to go to the humans and find us someone who can fill Clown’s…
Cat/Ophelia: Clown
“Parts,” Polar Bear replied casually. I looked at him. “Which parts?” Polar Bear replied, “Spirit.” Hawk replied, “Capacity.” Duck replied, “Stomach.” Yeti…
Cat/Ophelia: Introductions
“Be cautious and examine any business plan,” the fortune cookie told me, and I swallowed the hot chocolate in my mouth before chewing the cookie. “Yarbleck,”…
The fox
The fox awoke surprised, in a state of shock, he was staring to the new environment around him, this white stuff in the floor, giving an spectral glow to the…
Amos Thibodeau and the Circus Parade
Amos Thibodeau Jr. had never been to the circus, or for that matter, much of anywhere outside of the bayou. When word came down that _The Clyde Beatty, Cole…
Franklin, king of the animals.
The story begins before humans even came to be. My name is Franklin, and I invented the human race. I am, what a mere simpleton would call a turtle. Yes a…
Bite of the Werecat
“There’s a werewolf in the barn!” called Jeffie. “It’s dead and really stinky!” Bindi raced off to see the smelly lump lying in the hay. Half it’s face and…
The Skinless Human
“What is it?” “I don’t know.” The two kittens sat staring at the odd little thing on the ground. “It looks like a skinless human,” whispered Jeffie. “A really…
Breakfast Gone Bad
Fur matted to his scrawny body from the rain, the ragged little cat made his way up the hill. Vultures watched in the trees above waiting for their morning…
Jeffie and the Leader of the Pack
“You might as well come down, ya stinking varmit,” growled the pack leader. “We’re going to eat you sooner or later.” Jeffie the cat looked down from his perch…
Benny
” Benny, Breakfast!” The sounds and smells of breakfast awoke me from my cozy and warm bed. I let out a yawn and stretched to loosen my tired muscles. So…
Mariner's Thirteen aka the Fellowship of the Woods
A ragged group of animals huddled around a small fire. The woods were dark. Night had fallen, but that was nothing to them. They had bigger problems. Made up…
The Dog Walker
I’m a dog walker. All kinds, big and small, I take dogs for a walk and let them socialize with other dogs. Normally I don’t listen in to their conversations…