{"id":12406,"date":"2020-01-19T20:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12406"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:52:52","slug":"feral-dust-bunnies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12406","title":{"rendered":"Feral Dust Bunnies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feral Dust Bunnies<\/em> (2017) Angel Martinez<\/a><\/p>\n

\"FeralThis is one of my favorite stories in the collection.<\/p>\n

Alex Wolf is a member of the 77th. His partner is a giant lizard of unknown origin, but his own origin might be odder.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you all right, sweetheart?\u201d Mom stopped on her way past his room with a new book in hand. <\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t remember how to human,\u201d Wolf said with a frustrated snarl. <\/p>\n

\u201cOh? You\u2019re still using your words. That\u2019s good. What part of humaning is causing the problem?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s the first thing I love about this story–the relationship between Alex and his mother. She obviously loves him, but she is more in this story than just someone who loves Alex. She is a scientist and a widow and Alex worries about how sad she is sometimes.<\/p>\n

And she also gets frustrated with Alex at times, but he knows she loves him anyway.<\/p>\n

I hv her. Srry.<\/em> <\/p>\n

You took her to WORK?<\/em> <\/p>\n

\u201cDamn it.\u201d <\/p>\n

I have all her stuff. It\u2019s OK, Mom. She has peeps watching her.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Mom typed for a long time, then finally sent\u2014 <\/p>\n

They better not be peeps. Marshmallow chicks should not watch kittens.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I adore that passage–how you can sense her typing and deleting and retyping until she’s a but more under control<\/p>\n

Plus, she gives wonderful advice.<\/p>\n

What if I screw this up, Mom?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThen you screw it up.\u201d She shrugged and stood on tiptoe to kiss his cheek. \u201cIt\u2019s either going to work or it won\u2019t. Even if it does, he might just want something casual. Be kind, be honest, and if you\u2019re not sure, ask.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I also like how Alex sees things differently from other characters in the story. He is (unsurprisingly) deeply rooted in scent, but he also notices things others might not, such as how houses sometimes look like creatures, and how animals are just as important to him as humans.<\/p>\n

It’s such a lovely story, and I adore it so very much.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Pride Publishing
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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His partner is a giant lizard of unknown origin, but his own origin might be odder. \u201cAre you all right, sweetheart?\u201d Mom stopped on her way past his room with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,668,2,8,42,148,41,26,56,16],"tags":[179,50,544,133,852],"class_list":["post-12406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-10","category-comfort-read","category-fantasy","category-mystery","category-police","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","category-supernatural","tag-angel-martinez","tag-boinking","tag-mm","tag-occult-crimes-unit","tag-offbeat-crimes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3e6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14307,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14307","url_meta":{"origin":12406,"position":0},"title":"Feral Dust Bunnies","author":"Michelle","date":"May 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Feral Dust Bunnies (2017) Angel Martinez (Offbeat Crimes) While he did hiss and snort, Krisk never spoke a word, probably because his mouth and throat weren\u2019t the right shape for it. 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