Furry fiction, (in any form) is a kind of storytelling old as shit. Have you heard about Aesop's fables?
And being veteran still counts as something, i believe.
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And Volume 4 ended in a most mysterious way. The Lapine republlic aren't the good guys.But the Confeds aren't saints, either.
The only thing clear is that mysteryous starship. And Erma's direct relatives being forced to use fake identities to avoid danger.
No idea about how this can end.
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And that’s a wrap on Otters In Space 3!
You can now read the whole book online: http://deepskyanchor.com/otters-in-space-3/
I need to get to work on illustrating Otters In Space 4! But if you can’t wait, you can always pick up a copy now: https://marylowd.com/books/#ois4
Happy 6th anniversary of Reina del Cid’s album Rerun City!!!
In tribute to that wonderful album, my novella inspired by it is also out today!
So, if you want to disappear into a magical world inspired by music, check out QUEEN HAZEL AND BELOVED BEVERLY:
OTTERS IN SPACE 4: FIRST MOUSTRONAUT is out now!!!!!!!!
You can order it from @FurPlanet or pick up a Kindle copy and start reading IMMEDIATELY!!!!
Go find out what Kipper, Trugger, and their new mouse and squirrel friends are up to!!! Hurry!!!!!
“…once you find a hidden stash of honey, you simply must eat it. No other option. None at all.”
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Read “Hide the Honey”: http://deepskyanchor.com/hide-the-honey/
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Buckle up, kiddos, ‘cause intrigue, adventure, and octopi await!
We’re about to bring you Otters In Space 3, chapter by chapter, with all new illustrations!
If you need to catch up, here’s where you can catch books 1 & 2:
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And yes, this is a furry book! (see above) The main character is human, but her family includes an uplifted cat, uplifted dog, sentient spaceship, and two lizard alien children. There’s also a whole race of moth-like aliens!
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“She didn’t find it fun when the chickens killed her best friend with their laser eyes, and her entire universe reset, meaning she’d failed in her life’s one goal.”
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Read “Cosmic and Miley”: http://deepskyanchor.com/cosmic-and-miley/
“Cosmic knew, deep in her heart, that she needed to make it to the end of Mossy Valley before Professor Robotron did, and yet, no matter how fast she ran … her arch-nemesis was already there. Waiting for her.”
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Read “Cosmic the Pangolin”: http://deepskyanchor.com/cosmic-the-pangolin/
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“There were strict rules about harvesting the plants in the arboretum, and no matter how much she’d always wanted to curl her trunk around the stems of the flowers and snap off pretty buds, she had never dared break the rules.”
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Read “The Elephant Bride’s Bouquet”: http://deepskyanchor.com/elephant-brides-bouquet/
Proof copies of Deep Sky Anchor Press’s next three releases came! Truggster dutifully checks them for errors.
Proof-checker otter!
NEW BOOK RELEASE!
My first book with Deep Sky Anchor Press is out today — YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CROSSROADS STATION — a cozy furry space opera!
When an unexpected wedding invitation arrives, Anno packs her family up for a trip across the stars…
“Am-lei’s mother had, at least, enjoyed the benefit of having beautiful, colorful, butterfly wings that distracted humans from the Kafkaesque qualities of her actual body.”
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Read “The Seamstress Robot and the Insect Bride”: http://deepskyanchor.com/insect-bride/
Exciting news! Deep Sky Anchor will be bringing you the entirety of my Otters In Space series — starting with the classic first novel, all the way through the not-yet-released fourth book — right here online, with an illustration for every chapter!
So stay tuned!
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One of the things I love about #FurryFiction is how readily it takes to the creation of characters who are both extremely #alien & deeply relatable.
This story is about a lot of abstract things, but by comparing the aliens to animals, it becomes concrete and easier to hold onto.
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“Deep inside, beneath all the layers of uplift, evolution, and civilization, he was a shepherd, and Sydo was a sheep.”
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Read “The Unshelled”: http://deepskyanchor.com/the-unshelled/
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This thread was adapted from several twitter threads, and I’ve now finally gone ahead and adapted it into a full-fledged, polished essay…
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“The first question I always get asked by people who’ve never heard of furry fiction before is, “What about lizards? Or fish?””
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Read “Furry Fiction: The Squishy Edges and the Heart”: http://deepskyanchor.com/squishy-edges-and-heart/
The first question to ask when planning a story: what if the main characters weren't human? Would it be better? Because, I mean, PROBABLY.
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In case anyone was wondering, Fraggles are definitely furry.
They’re non-human creatures who let us look at ourselves from a different angle and the world through different eyes. They get right to the heart of what furry fiction is all about.