It was weird being at a big party venue before it started. Super weird, actually. Like uncomfortable, 'calm before the storm' weird. Or maybe Katie was the only one who felt that way.
There was a bar of food and drinks, including the punch bowl. They'd passed a keg and a beer pong table in the garage. The giant living room had weirdly many couches and tables, even if it was easy to imagine all of them getting used soon. Some nice, hazy, colorful lights set the mood, but there wasn't any music an

It was fair to say Brio was antsy when he stepped out of his car. Okay, maybe that was an understatement. This house he was hoping to spend the night at looked actually pretty nice. Quite huge and impressive. But the house looking nice did nothing for his nerves except possibly make them worse.
The truth is, a bunny like him has to be careful going into the home of someone who openly admits they like eating people. This was probably the dumbest thing he ever did, but he was running out of choice

Everything was as quiet and beautiful as it could only be on an evening like this, Christmas Eve. With street-lit snow spangling the sky, all the streets and the stores empty, the whole world was taking a moment to pause. Juliet walked along the sidewalk, absorbed in that moment. The cozy little town was decorated absolutely up and down with wreaths, lights, and tinsel, and Juliet gave all the sights her avid attention. Nearly as much of her attention, in fact, as she was giving to the playful h

Kink parties weren't all as bad as Angie and Rhyder had imagined. More accurately: Kink parties were what Angie and Rhyder never knew they always needed. Five wonderful, awkward months of visiting their local kink club every two weeks had them feeling more confident and excited in their marriage than ever.
It wasn't like anyone in the community was asking them to be anything they weren't. Angie was a fox, in every sense of the word, but she never felt objectified at the parties. Quite the opposi

"Nikki, I'm so bored."
Nikki opened her eyes to see Astretta lying shoulder-to-shoulder with her in the hot tub. Her eyes were wide with hope that Nikki would entertain her, apparently. Nikki stared back skeptically.
"I'm just relaxing, dude. I'm pretty sure some of the girls are doing a volleyball game, if that helps."
It was true. The hotel everyone was staying at had an awesome waterpark, and some of the other members of the hockey team were in the next pool over, passing a ball back and fort

"Thanks for coming on short notice," the uniformed woman said. None of the team had worked directly with her before, but they knew she was pretty high brass around this base.
"Thanks for not court marshalling us for being late," said the slouched human soldier wearing a kevlar vest.
The lady in charge cleared her throat. She held rank, but most of the soldiers gathered were a whole lot scarier than your normal dragon, and the delinquent ones liked to remind others of that.
"There's a position th

"HO-HOOOH! Tha' thing the real deal? This whole quest weren't a thing you just made up, book boy?"
"Its appearance matches that described in the legends. To see whether it's real or fake, you have to activate it."
"And how'd I do tha'?"
The Elven scholar rolled his eyes, but could at least give his orcish companion the benefit of the doubt after a fight well fought.
"Pull on it the same way you'd get a snaptorch to light up, Glar."
Glar put her fingers to the orb, which looked like it was filled

"Serena?"
Her heart throbbed at hearing her name. Serena snapped her head toward the rabbit nurse who'd called out. She stood up rigidly. Stepping forward uncertainly, she stared at the nurse and hesitated as if someone as messed up as herself needed extra permission to approach anyone.
"With me please," said the nurse brightly, and held the door to the doctors' offices open to her. Serena walked forward on autopilot, hardly registering her surroundings while her height and weight were taken. Sh