Stories tagged “mouse”
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One Man's Trash
Tears dripped slowly from the walls of the decrepit abode. Stairs cried with the anguish of memories of many years neglect. The foundation wobbled with insecurity. Paint faded to various bleak shades. What a drab sight it was, but it’s inhabitant...
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The Littlest Mouse Chapter 1: The Boy
There once was a boy of 18 new to the city of New Shork. The city of lights, bright, and many sleepless nights. The place where people find their dreams or get lost looking. The boy had left home searching, he doesn’t know what, but he knows to f...
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The Littlest Mouse Chapter 2: The shop
Zachary finally decided that a pet might help him with being lonely. He decided to search for a pet. He went to BIG stores and little stores. Stores that were chain companies, and others who were trying to be. The problem was however, they only sold pu...
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Cat on the Case
I poured another drink to steady my paw as I looked out over the city. Ah, the city, she’s like an old house: as full of character as she is cracks and holes for hiding lowlife scum. And me, well I was just another fool Tom who thinks he can make...
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Enter Mrs. Detective
The only thing that smells worse than wet dog is dead dog. I’d meant to wound the big idiot, but I’d also meant to not get pummeled. Priorities have a funny way of falling into place. “Thomas!” came the shrill call, preceding th...
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A Christmas Mouse
On the night before Christmas, there was a mouse. Mr Snuffles was sad because he had no place to go for Christmas and nothing to eat. He sat in the snow for a while and cried until his tiny nose dribbled and his whiskers froze to icicles.When he stoppe...
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Natural Causes
An owl swoops out of the branches above and snatches a field mouse. As its claws grasp around the mouse’s body, the poor creature cries out one last time. Air escapes its lungs, never to be replenished. Then bones crunch. Its death is swift. R...
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Missives and Misgivings
“Wait your turn, mouse!” The guard at the door, a large, armored rat, blocked his way. Not wanting to provoke a confrontation, Phil waited impatiently. His news was urgent! Craning past the guard, he could see the Thimble King in the distan...
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A Crazy Cat Story
I threw a mouse in a cats mouth with fastball velocity. Blurring the fur. Streaking the tiny breathing morsel of meat directly into the esophagus of the cat. The cat stammered back shifting erratically and suffocated. The mouse squirmed and scraped, cl...
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Little Actions
The light’s failing. She still keeps a lookout for a small, brown shape in the dunes of white. She remembers the feel of it between her palms, downy and warm. Papa had been smiling when he gave it to her, and the thought of going home without it is e...
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Little Things
She tells him about it in a quiet voice, eyes downcast. But she realizes that Papa’s listening, and that makes a bit of something unknown swell in her chest. “We could get another one, yeah?” Her mouth tightens. “The store has plenty of them.
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Little Words
It’s quiet. He can hear the crunch of snow as his daughter stands on one foot and then the other. He notices her red hands, and wonders how long she’s been searching. Their home isn’t far away from the schoolhouse, and he began to worry when she ...
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Life, Death, Sensation, and Predation
An aggressive sun over Tucson warms scales as they slide by, shadow to shadow, crevice to crevice. Practiced muscles pull pendulous coils along. This way and that turns the angular head, a marvel of biologic engineering, sleek yet expansive when needed...