The dragon lowered a rainbow-hued head to sniff the small, furry morsel. To her surprise, it hissed and puffed up, and swiped at her with surprising aggression. Perhaps it was…
Some loves transcend death, and so it was Lola. Every day, she waited in the window for her human, her tail clacking against the windowsill. When she heard a car…
‘In the Mirrordeep, you will face your true self,’ the witch had said. So she descended into that matte black lake, and not a ripple appeared at her passage. Down…
They stretched and turned over in bed as sunlight streamed through the window. It was surprisingly luxuriant. They opened their eyes and saw not hands but furry paws at the…
The couple spotted the monstrously fluffy cat striding purposefully toward them across the moonlit street. The first tapped his partner. ‘Cat!’ ‘Yes, I see it.’ He sighed dramatically, but couldn’t…
Alice giggled as her girlfriend pulled her into a corner of the town gardens. ‘What’s the big secret?’ Her girlfriend smiled to one side, that irresistible quirk that had first…
‘Ellie, nooo …’ She crouched to sweep up the shards of glass and soak the red wine splattered across her floor like a crime scene. She narrowed her eyes at…
The queen peered through the hedge, her muscles bunched tightly. Her fur had lost its gloss and her tail, once a regal pennant, was now thin and rat-like. She knew…
The cat chattered, clacking her teeth, fur rising. His gut clenched. ‘Elsie, come away,’ Fear made his song-song tone brittle. He half-crouched toward the window. Elsie smacked the glass with…
Another microfiction for Mastodon, with thanks to my Ko-Fi supporters. — She brought him the usual gifts at first. A mouse, a bird. A ribbon for him to play with….