Blind Date, by foozzzball

Published on 25/07/10, updated on 25/07/10

Gracie had been really nervous all day. Blind date. It was funny, she guessed. She was twenty-eight, now, had been going on blind dates for as long as she could remember. In school her friends had set her up on blind dates, afterwards when she started at the arts and crafts centre the volunteers and staff and even the other students had set her up for blind dates. Ever since she'd started going to night courses at the university her new friends there had started setting her up for blind dates too.

You Can Never Go Home, by foozzzball

Published on 19/07/10, updated on 19/07/10

It was a long way home. Evran had thought that, thousands and thousands of miles away, back in Tajikistan, before things had hit the wall. Home was nearer for Evran now, though. San Iadras was a big city, but not as big as a country. It was a long walk to the Vista Quays, but that wasn't nearly as far as the march over the Gissar mountains into Uzbekistan, freezing every step, afraid of patrols and locals and rain.

Dick and Jane, by foozzzball

Published on 09/02/10, updated on 09/02/10

Jane's got it all - a good secreterial job, great looks, and the best boyfriend in the whole wide world. Of course she was made that way, genetically engineered in a lab and designed to be beautiful. Trained in her childhood to do everything from type and run an office to making coffee and shaking hands politely.

And as for her boyfriend, Richard? Jane's about to find out more than she ever wanted to about her relationship with him and how she was made.

Philadelphia's Confession, by foozzzball

Published on 03/01/10, updated on 03/01/10

There are things we all have to come to terms with in our lives. Philadelphia has to come to terms with what being used as a research animal did to him, to his brothers, and more.

Kellmore Classic For Men, by foozzzball

Published on 02/01/10, updated on 02/01/10

Troy and Jennifer, a mouse and thylacine, have a unique relationship. The problem is that the relationship is not uniquely between Troy and Jennifer, but living thousands of miles apart means it's hard to do anything about that. Maybe that can be ignored, maybe Kellmore classic cologne for men can help Troy be a little sexier for her. Maybe he doesn't need it.

Mostly Kissing, by foozzzball

Published on 17/07/09, updated on 17/07/09

Jennifer's hair smelled faintly dry, and dusky. Somehow like hot sand, warm earth baking under sunshine. Ever so slightly of peach shampoo, and, of course, like sweat. Sweat and her body and Troy's in the long hours of the night, and he longed to kiss her.

Intimate Kodak Moments, by foozzzball

Published on 11/07/09, updated on 11/07/09

Troy, a mouse, and Jennifer, a thylacine, live a long, long way apart. It's hard on a relationship, even with frequent phonecalls and video calls and some once in awhile phone sex. Maybe it'll be easier with pictures and home movies of Troy. Jennifer seems to think so.

Hickory Dickory Dock, by foozzzball

Published on 01/07/09, updated on 01/07/09

Houston, a gengineered mouse, hung on for months with TB in a hospital in Japan after winning a physics scholarship in Tokyo. Troy, his brother, stayed with him in his final months. Houston had a rhyme. It went, 'Hickory dickory dock... '

A Meeting By Mischance, by foozzzball

Published on 05/04/09, updated on 05/04/09

Troy Salcedo, a genetically engineered mouse, spent his childhood in a lab as a model organism before being freed. Getting through life isn't always easy, and an unlucky reminder of the past won't make it any easier.

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A short, awkward vignette for a short, awkward meeting.

Not Divorced, by foozzzball

Published on 02/04/09, updated on 02/04/09

When Anne Treyer decided to marry a furry, a genetically engineered mouse named Saigon to be specific, she hadn't realized that it wouldn't all be good days. But even some bad days don't turn out all that bad.

Dinky, Locky, and Noof, by foozzzball

Published on 10/03/09, updated on 10/03/09

The nature of warfare has changed in a hundred years. Seldom do soldiers fight for nations, and when captured, seldom are they well treated. Mladenka Estian, a genetically engineered dog, is unfortunately one of those soldiers.

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Rated mature for sweary words, oh my. Just a short little thing for Poetigress's Thursday Prompts, over on FA.

A Father's Skin, by foozzzball

Published on 09/01/09, updated on 09/01/09

In the ancient days, the wolves wore the skins of their ancestors and danced amongst the screaming spirits of the night. Too soon, young Amanti will take up the skins of his own ancestors.

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This won the recent Fall 2008 Anthrofiction contest at Anthrofiction.net.

Odd One Out, by foozzzball

Published on 03/01/09, updated on 03/01/09

Marigold's never had an easy life. A humanoid genetically engineered horse born in a lab, she was always the freaky kid at school, and although she's turned those differences into a kind of popularity... she's still the odd one out.

Running, by foozzzball

Published on 16/10/08, updated on 16/10/08

In the ancient past, the new year is marked as the day when the sun passes from south to north over the city of Suthatis, and the news of the new year must be broguht to all corners of the king's land. Janaketh, a young rabbit, will serve his King and god by carrying that message, but he may never see home again because of it.

Black Mouse, by foozzzball

Published on 09/09/07, updated on 27/05/08

In the far future year of 2106, genetically-engineered furs are a reality. And one of them, Troy Salcedo, has just had every plan he ever had for his life derailed. Of course, he has brothers to help him pick up the pieces, and a certain kindred spirit to lean on.

A follow-up to City Mouse and Wedding Mouse. Formerly titled 'Lab Mouse', but renamed since the title didn't work out very well.

San Iadras Snippets, by foozzzball

Published on 01/06/07, updated on 22/05/08

From a Sci-Fi future where furs are a genetically engineered reality.

Bits and pieces from various works on San Iadras, which have yet to find a home in one of the completed stories. Some of them are a little racy here and there, thus the mature rating.

New - 'Philly and Sunshine' and 'Lab Mouse - Take 2' : A couple of pieces I found sitting in my 'generic scribbles' folder of errant bits and pieces that I felt like throwing up whilst I'm organizing my material for some editting work.

Ronson Rabbit, by foozzzball

Published on 13/12/07, updated on 13/12/07

Ronson Rabbit was one of the first to enlist to fight in the Great War between men, what we know as World War One. And as an old rabbit, before the coming of the Second World War, he tells of his memories of the glory of friendship, and the horrors of war.

A bit out of a story I'd quite like to write, written in about a half hour whilst I had usage of a library computer. Still thinking about it, though...

Elle Dante's 'Broken Heart', by foozzzball

Published on 21/08/07, updated on 21/08/07

Elle Dante, the stage name of a Thylacine stripper living in a far-flung future where Furs are a genetically engineered reality, enjoys her performances. Some are all sex and nudity, but some she scripts out in an attempt to express something of herself.

Some things she can deny, even when she knows differently.

The Kith Athara Become Five Hundred, by foozzzball

Published on 03/08/07, updated on 03/08/07

In the ancient days of Askazi, many hundreds of years before the great drought but many hundreds of years after Ekoshi's eldest son was slain, there was a great war between the people of Suthatis and the people of Mara.

In the final battle of that war, beyond the walls of the city of Mara, the Kith Athara fought. And through a prince's fear and greed, they would become Five Hundred, and Thureth would speak his secrets.

Wedding Mouse, by foozzzball

Published on 06/06/07, updated on 14/06/07

In the far future year of 2105, Troy Salcedo - a genetically engineered mouse - returns to San Iadras to attend his brother Saigon's wedding. His own relationship, though, is not quite so full of fairytales when he discovers what Jennifer meant when she warned him about 'Open Relationships'.

This follows 'City Mouse' in the continuity of San Iadras.

The Wounded Heart, by foozzzball

Published on 13/05/07, updated on 30/05/07

In ancient times, a long drought struck the land of Askazi. During a time of war, two very different men met. Silkozi, a wild wolf with wife and children, and Davith, a rabbit of the Kith Athara, the fearless warriors who live together like lovers.

Men so different as these, fate itself must make them close friends. Even though they will both become legends, they too must learn what it is to bear a wounded heart.

New: Chapter 5 - Final Stones

The walls of Suthatis grow, stone by stone.

My Brother, by foozzzball

Published on 16/05/07, updated on 16/05/07

The Kith Athara, a brotherhood of warriors from ancient times, who some say lived together as lovers, were greatly in admiration of many arts, among them, writing. The love between the brothers of the Kith Athara is said to be what gives them their legendary ferocity in battle, never faltering or fleeing from insurmountable odds.

In this anonymous writing, one of the Kith Athara writes about his brother, and the affection they held together.

Ekoshi and the Golden Goleyo, by foozzzball

Published on 12/05/07, updated on 12/05/07

A legend from the land of Askazi in the ancient times, when long ago great Ekoshi fathered all Hounds, and battled Atoru, the father of the Taurus - the peoples who chew the cud and have horns upon their heads.

In the tale of Ekoshi and the Golden Goleyo, we learn the fate of Skuruzi, Ekoshi's oldest son called the Golden Wolf, and the origin of the sun and moon.

Translated and Retold by Rakul Shakar, a Khatul trader from the city of Baqhur.

Correspondence of City Mice: York, by foozzzball

Published on 03/05/07, updated on 03/05/07

The Salcedo brothers, a group of genetically engineered mice named for various cities, have not led a happy life. York's was, perhaps, less happy than some. His last correspondence with his brothers is detailed within.

City Mouse, by foozzzball

Published on 03/05/07, updated on 03/05/07

In the far future year of 2105, furries are a reality, made through genetic engineering and quantities of surgery. Some of those produced in this way, such as Troy Salcedo - a mouse - have had a traumatic time. Sometimes even when you've been hurt, you can find solace in the arms of a kindred spirit.