Category: The Ribbits

  • Pocket Wilderness Conflict – Independence day duck

    Pocket Wilderness Conflict – Independence day duck

    Pocket Wilderness Conflict – Independence day duck It had been a close call for Dan to arrive in time to help Anna. Indeed, he had been detained in the pasture with Roy the Rowdy! They had been under close ‘observation‘. Dan clicks his bill when thinking back on it now. Observation… detention was more like…

  • Pocket Wilderness Conflict – On the run Dan

    Pocket Wilderness Conflict – On the run Dan

    Pocket Wilderness Conflict – On the run Dan Anna gathers the hatchlings closer. She stretches her wings just enough to shield the little ones as she levels a gaze at Flo. She bristles and quite firmly sets her flippers. “What is the meaning of this, Flo?” she asks rather sternly. Furthermore, she gives Flo a…

  • Pocket Wilderness Conflict – Anna’s Plan

    Pocket Wilderness Conflict – Anna’s Plan

    Pocket Wilderness conflict – Anna’s Plan (Author note: This is a continuation of one fictional story in the frog journal. Any similarities between real world events or persons or organizations is coincidental. No animals were consulted in the writing of this story. All correspondence was sent via pond mail.) This was it. The moment they…

  • The Timberland event, amber awakening

    The Timberland event, amber awakening

    The Timberland event, amber awakening It had been a very long time. Ideally it would have been possible years ago. Special agent Thomas checks the communications again, still nothing. All the teams had stopped responding as of an hour ago. Special agent Thomas checks his watch. He does this from habit, not from a need…

  • Across the universe and then

    Across the universe and then

    Across the universe and then Most nights it isn’t this dark. Sometimes there are stars, but tonight the dark is like a blanket and it’s covering everything. He doesn’t mind, it’s comforting, and its stillness is thorough. These things would happen in any universe, why not this one? He shifts positions in the chair and…

  • A stitch in time isn’t amber nine

    A stitch in time isn’t amber nine

    A stitch in time isn’t amber nine Jack blinks a few times to clear his vision. This isn’t normal. That is the thought that keeps his mind swirling. No matter how he tries to get his mind around it the result is the same. Disbelief. Furthermore, this isn’t the first time today that he has…

  • The sacking of Oliver 83

    The sacking of Oliver 83

    The sacking of Oliver 83 Oliver 83 didn’t make it. He went faster than he ever had before. And still, it had not been good enough. He had failed the test because he hadn’t been there to take it. His logic circuits crackle again. It is causing a feedback loop. Oliver 83 shivers. He is…