Dough to Bread (Otherwise Untitled)

Story by Moriar on SoFurry

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#230 of Short Stories

A squirrel uses the oven.


~ The squirrel peered at the baking pans as she slapped the kitchen timer into silence. The loaf of dough in each was a mishapen and tangled mass of sticky goop, though it appeared to be a fair bit larger than when she had left it to set the hour before.

~ A soft smile drifted across her cheeks as she loaded each into the oven, and a nervous chuckle as she set the timer for half another hour.

~ "Well.. I have thirty minutes before I find out just how badly this has gone.", she reminded herself.

Saddle's Watch (Welded Sunset)

~ The lynx gazed into the campfire, and the pair of pots settled in atop the rack over it. The evening was, thus far, a calm one beneath the trees and stars. The saddle assembly rested against the trunk of a tree with its soft croon of some old banjo...

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Retreat to Command (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The phoenix stumbled through the hallways of the ship, his eyes closed and hand grasping his shoulder firmly. With months of practice aboard the ship, he was able to readily navigate the corridors filled to overflowing with vibrantly flashing lights...

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Mechanics of a Date (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The synth, hulking over his kobold boyfriend, leaned down to nibble a bit at the kobold's ear-ridge. The baker playfully volunteered, "You sure you're not taking me here just because you're crushing on that dragon who's on the sign?" ~ The kobold,...

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