Take me to the Zoo (or rather, don't)
Arnold was irked. Actually, irked didn’t even begin to cover it. His first real job, his chance to make a mark in the world, and he’d lost the bloody rhino…
At The Zoo
“Look at the birds! Oh, look at the birds!” The old woman, grasping a little boy’s hand tight as death stared, raptured, as the tiny balls of scale and fluff…
Pandapocalypse
The panda walks. Step by step, through this post-apocalyptic world. He is searching for the food that was once given to him hourly, for the the water that was…
I Want To Hurt You
You have rendered us impotent. I see the smiling faces on the young of your kind. They point at us. Some make faces that are intended to scare us. Right. I…
Graveyard shift at the Zoo
I only paused to wipe the sweat off my brow with my forearm. “You know, I just don’t sweat, never have, I can jog, do a heavy workout, even if it’s hot out…
Zoo Attack
I ran, pumping every ounce of engry into my legs. I had to get out of here. I had to. I pass empty cage after empty cage. Cages that should have been…
Safari Interrupted
All the people had gone. After the alarms went off, everyone had mobbed toward the exits- a stampede of colors and noise leaving the zoo quiet and mysterious…
Attack Of The Zombie Tuxedos!
“Are you sure about this?” Stacey said as Jason helped her over the gate. “What if we get caught?” “Come on, this is supposed to be romantic,” he said. “I…
Worse than Pandas
“Surely, when the season’s right, they’ll ... just get on with it?” the newly appointed Assistant asked as he struggled into his bulky fireproofed suit. The…
Hello Elephant
If I am an elephant, you are too. Grey, and blowing bubbles in a mucky puddle from behind bars. I see my own reflection in the stirred water and it makes me…
Hazel and Lou
It was the last thing you’d expect to find in a swimming pool. But there it was, standing in the shallow end, looking down at its feet, most likely confused by…
Drunken Koalas
She stirred her drink idly, not bothering to touch it after realizing the sparks jumping off of it now and then. “So what’s this about drunken koalas?” she…