「ザキさん、こんなクソ寒い夜中になんの用ですか」 空気も凍るような寒さの夜、理由も告げずに俺を稽古場へ呼び出した小劇団の先輩、崎山に不満を隠さず声を掛けた。そこは、稽古場というより廃倉庫といったほうがしっくりくるボロ屋で、風が吹かないだけ外よりマシという状況だった。貧乏劇団ゆえ暖房器具など置いてすらない。 「おう、すまねぇな、森田。ちょっと見せたいもんがあってな」 「金貸してくれってのは無しですよ」 「そんなんじゃねぇよ。芝居の話だ、芝居の」 崎山はもう四十も半ば、芽の出ない役者だ。売れない理由は、今時となっては珍しい「飲む」「打つ」「買う」と三拍子を見事に揃えた素行の悪さが、業界中に知れ渡っているせいだった。どこぞの脚本家の奥さんに横恋慕して旦那に殺されかけただの、賭場で負けて裸で電車に乗って留置所に入れられ...
Lying in bed is such a wonderful activity to do on the weekend. Just knowing that I don’t have to go to work has me smiling inside. Master nudges me to turn over which I obey instantly. “Maybe I was snoring and didn’t realize it.” I tell myself and doze off again. I find myself in the forest; wandering around for who knows what. After what seems like hours...
Aurora felt free. She has mapped out the location of the small town on her phone. She did not care that it was pack lands. She would run in her wolf form for as long as she could before she began to near the border. She hadn’t realized how much she truly missed her love until she saw her face through her phone screen. She loved her. Since the moment she saw...
I walked through the star lit night, a light breeze rushing along my face as I walked. Toby, my black wolf, he pulled on his leash as we walked in the night. I smiled; you could always find some interesting things in these woods. Toby pulled on his leash harder, his nose and ears up as picked up on something. “What is it boy?” I asked the wolf. He turned and...
I knew I was exotic. From the first time I felt the stirrings of something un-human in me, I could tell. From the first time I saw the world through the brooding eyes of a black panther, I knew my life would be different. It must have developed when I was young, because I remember looking in the mirror only to see yellow-green eyes staring back at me. Not hu...
Let me tell you of a time, not so long ago from now actually but this isn’t of a time that history will teach you nor would you read about it in their books. No, this is a time of swordfights and dragons, of dark magic and fairies, Orcs, Giants and Heroes of love and betrayal, of knights, tricksters and Lords oh and of course dust. But I’m getting ahead of m...
Disclaimer: I have tried to make sure my historical information is correct and I’d like to think I haven’t offended any Native Americans peoples with the telling of this tale. I am 1/8th Cherokee and am proud of that heritage. I’m not trying to show any Native Americans in a bad light… that is not my intention. Author’s Note: The English-Cheyenne word trans...
She lay atop the small rise watching him moving through the glen below. Her heart skipping a beat when she saw his head lift up into the morning sun then look upwards along the hill. Their eyes met, even at this distance she could make out that familiar twinkle. She could see the smile on his lips when he raised his hand and waved. She could feel her throat...
Ashley had arrived two hours earlier, from a door on the opposite side of the building, marked with a pink spider. Exactly like Bryant, she walked through a candle-lit hallway down to a room with a desk, this time with a blonde woman dressed in a frilly lace dress and a half wolf mask. The wolf did not look up as she entered, nose buried in a magazine. Ashle...
*The final part of the story started with the Howling* With widened eyes Shintaro and Brit shook their heads in disapproval. "That's suicide Ken," the mercenary protested, "You can't just take them on by your own." "Baby you can't do this alone," added the female scientist. "That's a direct order Shintaro," Ken sternly told his subordinate. "Alright, I...