(This is an editorial I published in the current edition of the Shallowater Weekly Express and Wolfforth Word Weekly, which I edit. Please do not use the names of the people involved without requesting their permission. This was edited slightly because I always re-edit my work. This is dedicated to honey123, an author who asked for this story via private me...
Where the hell does one start with an essay on the First Amendment? Does anyone really understand just how big and complicated of an issue this has really become? How does one write anything on this subject without coming across as just being belligerent, or just sounding like some sort of history scholar or a dictionary-reading dweeb, or just as someone try...
Name: Jur Nurik Species: Shambling Mass, mothered by Boskop "A Boskop mother? must mean you pretty smart." Natalie, one of the college advisers for inhuman students, reviewed the monster's transcript. She was a 38 year old panther-morph. She was mostly human in appearance, only betrayed by her perky ears and swishing tail. She had a svelte body and...
Chapter Five: the new General I awoke the next day just before sunrise because I wanted to make a good impression. I didn't know who would be training me. I got to the hall about half an hour before anyone else had arrived. "Well, were here early Alexandria!" I turned and saw Jason's father. "Oh! I didn't know you were taking the training." I said. "W...
You are a person in a slightly futuristic society where a special serum has been invented that allows normal human beings to become catgirls. This is a multi-step process to turn you into a fully trained pet for someone to adopt. Catgirls appear mostly human, except with a cat tail growing from their tailbone, and cat ears on top of their head as opposed to...
In 2011, a group of scientist developed a gene therapy treatment that prevented many types of diseases, especially of the STD variety. The tests showed that the genetic fixes would be passed on to the children if both parents were treated. With the improvement of technology, by 2016, treatments were no longer reserved for the rich and influential and were av...
I spent a pleasant afternoon sitting fishing from the gunwhale for my tea, before finding mooring at Catworth boatyard. Wandering along the dock at dusk, the small round windows of the various barges were lit from within with a homely glow, and I turned inland to purchase some much needed supplies. The streets were mostly deserted with the glow of streetli...
In all of my previous writing I've told largely biographical tales, although, I do admit that I sometimes embellished the truth a little, and I always telescoped time frames, otherwise my readers would have died of boredom! In the tale I'm about to relate, however, the whole thing is complete fantasy, developed from some thoughts I had when I was driving bac...
James Haverstein III, research and production director for the Serious Cybernetics Corporation, bit down on his cigar end. The sharp suited woman next to him looked across with mild distaste but said nothing. Amanda Howard from the company's legal team was used to working with board members she didn't much like but Haverstein's cigar habit, even if he didn't...
This story begins in the middle of nowhere ‘can you picture it? In the middle of the sea is where you are thinking about, right? If you are thinking about the middle of the sea turn right by 78 degrees and go forward 2 nautical miles. If you do that you will stumble across the island of Barbados. The island was found by a Englishman whose boat had sunk and h...