Animal Dilemmas – Catfish Catfish
Short Story The Catfish dove in the deep waters to take a nap while digesting the Swan. It curled in its cavern and closed its eyes. The river swirled slowly in the the deep...
Author: Xidan
Animal Dilemmas – Penguin Polar Bear
Short Story The Polar Bear’s stomach didn’t find rest through the night and the Bear vomited inky black in the morning. The zoo keepers were alarmed. They caged the bear and transported it to...
Animal Dilemmas – Octopus Anaconda
Serial Fiction Skins of anacondas of all sizes decorated the roofs of the giant’s huts. The giants were a superstitious lot and believed the remains of these elusive beasts that had been known to...
Animal Dilemmas – Anaconda Black Panther
Serial Fiction The Panther have never doubted its choices in life. In fact it didn’t believe in choices. It believed in itself only. It never had a mentor figure, a parent or someone to...
Animal Dilemmas – Condor Guinea Pig
Serial Fiction The condors kept to the high plateaus and rarely came down over the valley. Only one was often seen to land by the river because it was friends with the Vicuña. The...
Animal Dilemmas – Guinea Pig Vicuña
The Vicuña led the silent pack through the frosty grass. They descended around to a southern slope and started grazing. ‘We left it to die,’ said on of them. ‘Why didn’t you carry it...
Animal Dilemmas – Vicuña Llama
Serial Fiction The Llama found the herd it had left on the same flat field on top of a low hill near a giant settlement. The herd and the giants that herded it thought...
Animal Dilemmas – Lama Giant Turtle
Serial Fiction The Turtle was happy it was rid of the table. It never saw or knew of the sea horse but it had previously been stuck in tree roots and carried branches, once...
Animal Dilemmas – Giant Turtle Sea Horse
Short Story The removal of the shrimp did not cause concern. On the contrary, the aquarium dwellers were relieved that such an aggressive and unreasonable creature has been expelled. Feeding time came and after...
Animal Dilemmas – Shrimp Kiwi
Serial Fiction The kiwi killed the devil and avenged its mate. It sat on the egg and took very short trips for food, nearly starving in order to keep it warm and protected....
Animal Dilemmas – Kiwi Tasmanian Devil
Serial Fiction The Devil was lying about being part of a group thousands strong. In fact, it was alone. And due to its overactive mind had to come up with wild tales I...
Animal Dilemmas – Tasmanian Devil Dingo
Serial Fiction The Dingo had accidentally invented a way to always have food and to never be bothered by others of its kind. For years it traversed the outback and became fat and...
