I wrote this to ellenmillion's second prompt.

The young of species that are helpless in their infancy need an advantage to persuade others to care for them and meet their needs for food, shelter and nurture.  Cuteness works for many species.

Others, made for immediate independence come into the world as miniature adults.  Scrub turkeys receive no parental care ( Read more... )

I wrote this to aldersprig's fourth prompt.

Naturally I went to visit the hot goth chick in the hospital after her brother, the dumbass rally driver, tried to put their car through a tree.  I took flowers.  To avoid the obvious pitfalls with that I told the florist I wanted something with no pink, no red and no roses.  That got me something in orange, purple ( Read more... )

I wrote this to aldersprig's third prompt.

Originally, it was purely a safety issue.  You play around with fire, explosives and dodgy turbo engines enough, you get views on safety equipment.  Then I found it better if people didn’t see my face.  Being half not-human, I stand out.

That means green, partly scaly skin and straight black hair.  Even these days, ( Read more... )