Story Sample

[stickmaker]

Excerpt from the next Masks story:



 

"I sell Newfoundland Border Crossings," said the man, proudly.

 

"The which?" said Vic, obviously confused. 

 

"I breed, raise, train and sell dogs which are half Newfoundland and half Border Collie," he elaborated. "Very intelligent, with strong instincts. Fantastic working dogs as well as great pets. Just be aware that if you don't keep them busy, they'll _find_ something to do. Like disassemble your couch."

 

Comments

[kengr]

Oh yeah, I've been following Freefall for years. Sam is quite a character. So is Florence. But I loved Sam's account of how his species got fire.

Rusty isn't a were. He's a teenage boy who got turned into a dog (more likely wolf, but he goes with dog because it causes less trouble.

after a lot of thought, I'm probably going with a curse as the reason why.

Physically he's a canid. but he's got color vision as well as any advantages wolf vision might give (low light stuff probably). And he's got the canine nose, which is a pain at times.

Obviously, the lack of hands is a big problem. So was the canine vocal tract until he learned how to speak understandably.

He does have a gizmo that helps a lot. It's a web of sensors (possibly implanted under his scalp) that picks up neural activity well enough to type and mouse with it (bluetooth, natch)

So he isn't as handicapped as he might be. Just not able to pick stuff up or the like.

PE will be "interesting". So will art class.

Bullies (and possible bigots) will be fun too.