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From “The Mother of Sparrows” by Sandra Cooke Jameson
In the old days, when the world was but young and the creatures were but new upon it, a sparrow approached its young mother, the Earth below, with a request. “Mother,” it said most politely, “I have a...
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From “An Unsolicited Egg” by Gauci Goldenstein
With delighted quibbles, the bird alights. A cuckoo enters the nest, level and light, balancing a bit to clutch twigs for a smaller bird. A nearby sparrow shouts a warning as the interloper lays a...
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From “The Cycle Cut Short” by Aida McCaig
It was that hum that first keyed most people into the fact that something was deeply wrong. Oh, there had been signs before. Flocks of birds flying south in June, for one. Massive deaths among the ones...
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From “The Aviary’s Secret” by Cassity Everheart
“I love this waterfront. Nobody does a riverwalk like the Europeans.” “It probably wasn’t as romantic a hundred years ago when this was all pollution and ooze.” “Still, look at it now. All that...
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From “The Raven’s Inheritance” by Catherine Vennari
Melinda’s voice was raspy. “You are…Mister Burgess, are you not?” The former greenhouse was a warren of books and genteel tintypes, with a narrow path winding between them. Burgess could hear the...
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From “The Secret Plumage” by Catherine Vennari
“It really is quite remarkable,” said Burgess, gingerly sipping his warm tea, which he had taken in the kitchen to avoid another staring contest with Mr. Forrestal. “I have heard of and seen many...
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From “Higgleston’s Sanctuary for Unusual Birds” by Mariana Brinson
Here at the Sanctuary for Unusual Birds, we do our best to offer a safe and secure environment for avians that for whatever reason are not able to function in their natural enviornment. Take Phil the...
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From “Ernst’s Bushbird” by Raisin Schiller
Strange creatures wandered about in the dark. Through tunnels and off ledges, the bird creatures walked, trying to escape the sacred geometry. Sometimes things swam up out of the darkness at them at...
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From “The Vulture’s Choice” by Sandra Cooke Jameson
The Conclave was a special meeting of the Great Council called every ten years. It was attended by the delegates, or the sons of the old delegates, and it was there that birds were added or expelled....
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From “Holidays of the Sparrows” by Sandra Cooke Jameson
Seedsprout Marking the beginning of fledging season and the end of the cold, hard winter, the sparrows venerate Seedsprout over all other holidays. It does not always exactly coincide with the warming...
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