I'm a "furry," a fox and the product of a secret government experiment gone horribly awry..I've escaped from the lab, and now tend to write dark or satiric horror, science fiction, or fantasy while avoiding my pursuers.
Dr. Clifford Gates sat on the ground on the site of his latest archeological excavation in southwest Sicily, and pondered the irony of his situation.
Paulie was muscle for the mob, and when he was called upon to whack someone, he did the job right, without leaving messy incriminating details strewn about that might cause later problems...so while...
Balance is ever so necessary in life, yet all things are constantly moving to a state of greater disorder.
In the Oklahoma panhandle exist five small caves carved naturally by erosion out of the sandstone.
The jackal-headed god Anubis trained a hand-held anti-gravity device on the ponderous stone block and raised it easily into the air, guiding it smoothly and precisely into its planned niche in the...
"Mom," fretted Bobby, "It seems to be rattling around a bit up there!" "Don't worry," assured Bobby's mother, Susan.
John and Susan were expecting a baby. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a Velociraptor. It was no wonder that the doctor who performed the prenatal ultrasound appeared perplexed.
I have a "Ghost Radar" application on my tablet that supposedly scans for fluctuations in electromagnetic energies that can indicate the presence of spirits.
Zule fasted and cleansed himself for days as prescribed by the lawgivers before ascending into the holy place.
Susan had dated Bob for some time, so long in fact that she was more than ready for intimacy with her gentleman friend.
At a nearby family restaurant, Laverne sat in a corner booth with her two small children. She ordered a generous meal for herself which she informed the waitress she intended to share with her brood.
Gloria had recently discovered those vacuum-seal bags that allowed for the off-season storage of bulky items such as blankets and sweaters.
Fritz the fox adroitly dodged and weaved his way through the forest away from his pursuers; how distressing, he thought, that fox hunting was still practiced in some parts of the earth in the 21st...
Enrique Lapin, prospective member of the "Latin Kings," had but one task left to perform before he could achieve full membership in the gang; he had to rob someone.
Fiona regarded her flat tire with exasperation, turning to look at her cat, Bane, who rode shotgun beside her.
I ran into Jesus at the corner bistro the other day; either it was him, or "Hair" was doing a revival.
Little Ralphie Werewolf was facing his annual quandary of what to get his mother, Wanda Werewolf, for Mother's Day.
Alan sat quietly at his scathing performance review, wondering if his ability to discern the hidden inner species of other individuals was a gift or a curse.
Ken was uncertain how long he had hung mounted on the wall as a hunter's trophy; perhaps it had been for only minutes, perhaps decades.
In early December of 2012, CIA Director David Petraeus arrived for a secret meeting at the White House with President Obama. "Mr.
Mopsy hovered ghost-like in the air before Agent Takata, a gaseous creature unlike his liquid predecessor.
Paranormal agent James Takata of the Talamasca sensed that the assassins were coming, and that there would be more than one; he could not discern, however, precisely what form they would take, or the...
Paranormal agent James Takata of the Talamasca followed his subject undetected, smelling his lupine blood amidst the hundred other scents that flooded the streets of Soho in the rain.
"I want the same thing as everyone else...Preferential treatment!" -- Homer Simpson.
Dr. Chan paused in the laborious field excavation of a fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to wipe sweat from his brow.
Roger was consuming a hamburger for dinner when he heard on the evening news that much of the beef sold in supermarkets was supplemented by meat byproducts sterilized by ammonia, making an additive...
With St. Patrick's Day at hand, I decided that it would be appropriate to catch a leprechaun, and steal his treasure.
Nelson's eye was drawn by the sight of garment racks moving in his local department store. He investigated to discover a small boy huddling at the base of one such rack.
Alex fell to his knees before the shade that he had just seen dispatch three men.
Starvation affects both the body and the mind, causing higher-level functions to be shut down as an organism reverts to more primitive modes in an effort to survive.
Alex wound up working later than expected that day, and it was heading into evening when he turned home, his newly-acquired ebony box and its strange contents tucked under his arm.
Seeking diversion on his lunch break from his soul-sucking job, Alex stumbled upon a store which didn't seem to belong in the 21st century.
The wolf, unkindly termed a big, bad one by some, was simply concerned with self-preservation.
"I would never lie. I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation." - - Fox Mulder.
"Did you really think that you could call up the devil and ask him to behave?" -- Fox Mulder.
"What do you mean, it isn't over yet?," the fox asked the ferret. "The Plum Island Research Facility must be destroyed," replied the ferret.
Weapons were trained on the laboratory animals by the Plum Island security guards. "It's the augments. They've escaped!," spoke one of them. The commander of the guards nodded.
"So you can move from one place to another simply by thinking about it?," asked the fox. "Yes," replied the cat. "I can teleport through solid matter as well.
The fox known as lab specimen J-47 didn't know that he had been genetically engineered as a biological weapon, nor did he know that other animals in the Plum Island facility had also been so created,...
The young fox whose cage was labeled simply as J-47 whined in pain as a needle was again rammed into his flank at the Plum Island Research Facility.
Like many in his school, Alan made the trip to the ocean resort in the spring of his senior year, seeking the sweet newly found adult pleasures of alcohol and sex.
Gandymeade the sorcerer stood upon the parapet of his castle and sighed as he beheld the approaching angry mob winding its way in the twilight up the mountain trail.
"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer." -- William Burroughs.
Drago the dragon reposed uneasily in his cave, trying not to listen as the princess complained, something she did long and often. "What is it with all of this treasure?," she asked.
Alice knew that they were waiting for her under the bed...the dust bunnies, that is.
"Mommy, there's a monster under my bed!," whined Bobby. "Jeez," thought Carol, "he's at it again!" Wearily, she staggered to her feet and mounted the flight of stairs to her son's bedroom.
Bob the deer was passing through a section of Pennsylvanian woods when a rifle slug tore his iPod from his arm band.
"What is evil but good that has been driven mad by its own hunger and thirst?".
The curse of being the fastest gunslinger was that there was always someone trying to best you, to gain the reputation and notoriety of being the fastest.
The howls of the beast rang through the forested mountains of the 19th century German village, a reverberant and throaty sound.