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See you guys at Fur Squared! Be sure to check our website for all Things Dragget Show! Podcasts, videos, merch and more! Also, don't forget we stream the D&D sessions Friday at 7pm Central on YouTube! YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/DraggetShow Patreon: www.patreon.com/thedraggetshow telegram chat: t.me/draggetshow 189 - Ferret Fitness - See you guys at Fur Squared! Be sure to check ou…

A recent discovery from the Long Beach Comic Expo. Seung Woo Cha currently works as a director at Dreamworks TV… but he is also a fine artist, known for his imaginative depictions of wild life from around the world — especially gorillas and other apes. Often working in black ink, he paints in broad artistic strokes that nonetheless capture the essence and power of his subjects. Recently he collected several of his works together into a hardcover portfolio book, appropriately enough entitled The Art of Wild Life. You can purchase the book over at his web site, and see examples of his work as well.

image c. 2018 Draw 4 Life Studios

Back from a three week break we jump into the largest roundup ever, then get collectively silly with some news.

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• Paradox’s Flickr
• Nuka’s Furry Psychology 2018 Presentation
• FurScience interview on Vice Canada
  • Tweet clip
• TiHusky and ShiaCabbit’s devastating fire
• @FreezeFrame’s The Matrix but with Tide Pods
• SciShow does scientific deepdive on why people are into Tide Pods
• Joaquin Baldwin’s furry support tweets
  • Follow up tweet
• Andrew W.K. pay’s for man’s speeding ticket
• E4 furry clip
• Ticer gets quarter finals in Russian Ninja Warrior
• EZCoolDown announces new PCM packs
• Patreon invites some furry creators to present information about furries
• Humanimal Bodypaint Tutorial and YouTube channel
• South China Morning Post article about Hong Kong furries
• Hola Chile’s news clip about furries
• Why Dogs Have Floppy Ears: An Animated Tale
• United Airlines Forced Emotional Support Peacock to Give Up Its Seat
• Onion article about Red Wolf in congress
• Furry.science another interactive 3D furry game
• Tiger suit samsung commercial
• Culturally F’d History of Fursuits series
• FWA 2018 News from the Edge
• Telegram temporarily removed from iOS App Store
  • Verge Article about Telegram’s App Store removal
• Critical flaw in Telegram’s desktop client allowing hidden malware to be sent fixed
• Awesome InfoSec podcast TechSNAP, also mentions Telegram zero day
• Mozilla tweets at furries from Firefox account
  • Swift’s Response
• Rusfurence photos courtesy of Lozi Cheetah
  • Fursuiter Group Photo
  • Album 1
  • Album 2
• Rusfurence’s awesome theme
• Furry Fiesta cancels some panels run by Altfurs
• Ask The Werewolves has new Merch
• Sonic Mega Drive upcoming retro game
  • BBC Article
• The Real Cost Commercial: “Straw City”
• A Dildo Maker Has Finally Determined What The Shape of Water’s Fish Dick Looks Like
• 1979 magazine issue talks about gay animal culture
• Dogpatch Press interview with Commiss.io CEO
• Wolfgang Doe – Teaser – 4k – 2018
• DreamKeepers publishes 400th Prelude
• Waterfall & river under Anthrocon’s convention center flooded
• Toronto Streetcar Furry Party
  • Furry Kerfluffle Tweet & Account

News:

• Bisexual Polyamorous Goose Love Triangle Ends
• Store Hires Robot To Help Out Customers, Robot Gets Fired For Scaring Customers Away
• Fitness App Releases Data, Accidentally Reveals Top-Secret Military Information

Emails:

• s0ph0s – Mo’ans

FC-292 Soon Loose Goose - Back from a three week break we jump into the largest roundup ever, then get collectively silly with some news.

Back from a three week break we jump into the largest roundup ever, then get collectively silly with some news.

Download MP3

Watch Video Link Roundup:

• Paradox’s Flickr
• Nuka’s Furry Psychology 2018 Presentation
• FurScience interview on Vice Canada
  • Tweet clip
• TiHusky and ShiaCabbit’s devastating fire
• @FreezeFrame’s The Matrix but with Tide Pods
• SciShow does scientific deepdive on why people are into Tide Pods
• Joaquin Baldwin’s furry support tweets
  • Follow up tweet
• Andrew W.K. pay’s for man’s speeding ticket
• E4 furry clip
• Ticer gets quarter finals in Russian Ninja Warrior
• EZCoolDown announces new PCM packs
• Patreon invites some furry creators to present information about furries
• Humanimal Bodypaint Tutorial and YouTube channel
• South China Morning Post article about Hong Kong furries
• Hola Chile’s news clip about furries
• Why Dogs Have Floppy Ears: An Animated Tale
• United Airlines Forced Emotional Support Peacock to Give Up Its Seat
• Onion article about Red Wolf in congress
• Furry.science another interactive 3D furry game
• Tiger suit samsung commercial
• Culturally F’d History of Fursuits series
• FWA 2018 News from the Edge
• Telegram temporarily removed from iOS App Store
  • Verge Article about Telegram’s App Store removal
• Critical flaw in Telegram’s desktop client allowing hidden malware to be sent fixed
• Awesome InfoSec podcast TechSNAP, also mentions Telegram zero day
• Mozilla tweets at furries from Firefox account
  • Swift’s Response
• Rusfurence photos courtesy of Lozi Cheetah
  • Fursuiter Group Photo
  • Album 1
  • Album 2
• Rusfurence’s awesome theme
• Furry Fiesta cancels some panels run by Altfurs
• Ask The Werewolves has new Merch
• Sonic Mega Drive upcoming retro game
  • BBC Article
• The Real Cost Commercial: “Straw City”
• A Dildo Maker Has Finally Determined What The Shape of Water’s Fish Dick Looks Like
• 1979 magazine issue talks about gay animal culture
• Dogpatch Press interview with Commiss.io CEO
• Wolfgang Doe – Teaser – 4k – 2018
• DreamKeepers publishes 400th Prelude
• Waterfall & river under Anthrocon’s convention center flooded
• Toronto Streetcar Furry Party
  • Furry Kerfluffle Tweet & Account

News:

• Bisexual Polyamorous Goose Love Triangle Ends
• Store Hires Robot To Help Out Customers, Robot Gets Fired For Scaring Customers Away
• Fitness App Releases Data, Accidentally Reveals Top-Secret Military Information

Emails:

• s0ph0s – Mo’ans

FC-292 Soon Loose Goose - Back from a three week break we jump into the largest roundup ever, then get collectively silly with some news.

Back from a three week break we jump into the largest roundup ever, then get collectively silly with some news.

Download MP3

Link Roundup:

• Paradox’s Flickr
• Nuka’s Furry Psychology 2018 Presentation
• FurScience interview on Vice Canada
  • Tweet clip
• TiHusky and ShiaCabbit’s devastating fire
• @FreezeFrame’s The Matrix but with Tide Pods
• SciShow does scientific deepdive on why people are into Tide Pods
• Joaquin Baldwin’s furry support tweets
  • Follow up tweet
• Andrew W.K. pay’s for man’s speeding ticket
• E4 furry clip
• Ticer gets quarter finals in Russian Ninja Warrior
• EZCoolDown announces new PCM packs
• Patreon invites some furry creators to present information about furries
• Humanimal Bodypaint Tutorial and YouTube channel
• South China Morning Post article about Hong Kong furries
• Hola Chile’s news clip about furries
• Why Dogs Have Floppy Ears: An Animated Tale
• United Airlines Forced Emotional Support Peacock to Give Up Its Seat
• Onion article about Red Wolf in congress
• Furry.science another interactive 3D furry game
• Tiger suit samsung commercial
• Culturally F’d History of Fursuits series
• FWA 2018 News from the Edge
• Telegram temporarily removed from iOS App Store
  • Verge Article about Telegram’s App Store removal
• Critical flaw in Telegram’s desktop client allowing hidden malware to be sent fixed
• Awesome InfoSec podcast TechSNAP, also mentions Telegram zero day
• Mozilla tweets at furries from Firefox account
  • Swift’s Response
• Rusfurence photos courtesy of Lozi Cheetah
  • Fursuiter Group Photo
  • Album 1
  • Album 2
• Rusfurence’s awesome theme
• Furry Fiesta cancels some panels run by Altfurs
• Ask The Werewolves has new Merch
• Sonic Mega Drive upcoming retro game
  • BBC Article
• The Real Cost Commercial: “Straw City”
• A Dildo Maker Has Finally Determined What The Shape of Water’s Fish Dick Looks Like
• 1979 magazine issue talks about gay animal culture
• Dogpatch Press interview with Commiss.io CEO
• Wolfgang Doe – Teaser – 4k – 2018
• DreamKeepers publishes 400th Prelude
• Waterfall & river under Anthrocon’s convention center flooded
• Toronto Streetcar Furry Party
  • Furry Kerfluffle Tweet & Account

News:

• Bisexual Polyamorous Goose Love Triangle Ends
• Store Hires Robot To Help Out Customers, Robot Gets Fired For Scaring Customers Away
• Fitness App Releases Data, Accidentally Reveals Top-Secret Military Information

Emails:

• s0ph0s – Mo’ans

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We found this in a recent Previews magalog: Stabbity Bunny, written by Richard Rivera, illustrated by Dwayne Biddix, and published by Scout Comics. “Seven-year-old Grace, still clutching her adorable plush bunny, is kidnapped by supernatural forces that have been hunting her family for generations. She awakens in a shack on the outskirts of town, and for the first time in her life, the little girl can’t sense her mother’s presence. Her captor knows the family’s secrets, and that link has been severed. When her escape attempt fails, it seems there will be deadly consequences, but an unlikely protector intervenes. It’s a big mistake to kidnap a child with a plush toy named Stabbity Bunny!” Oh you just know someone is working on a movie adaptation of this, don’t you?

image c. 2018 Scout Comics

Happy new year, doggo!
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Guest post by Arrkay from Culturally F’d, the furry youtube channel. See their tag on Dogpatch Press for more.

Yesterday we posted a sneak peek of our multi-part miniseries. It looks at animal-costume history from the basics of the mask, theatrical outfits, Hollywood rubber-suits, fandom cosplay, and our very own fuzzy army of unique performers.

Now here’s Part 1: Masks. This video explores the very idea of the mask itself and its ancient origins. Of course we focus on animal-masks, since we’re talking about Fursuit History, not just costuming in general.

This was truly a collaborative effort, so allow me to specifically point to some of the amazing furs that helped make this series not only possible, but brought the quality above and beyond just a simple YouTube blog:

• Thanks to our special guest speaker Archaesophilia for sharing some anthropological insights.
• This installment of Fursuiting: A History was co-written by show-runner Arrkay and Tempe O’Kun.
• Extra big thanks to EZ Wolf for allowing us to use some of the gorgeous convention and fursuit videography from his YouTube channel.
• Sherbert also contributed some of the Mascot footage featured.
• As always the thumbnail artwork and graphic design was handled by co-producer Underbite Dragon.
• The episode also featured music by Eluti, “Speed of Design” (youtube.com/RevamptOrchestra soundcloud.com/caero_musician) and some royalty-free Kerbal Space Program tracks.
• Our opening title animation was created by ButterscotchOtter, with theme music composed by Khord Kitty.

NEXT TIME ON FURSUITING: A HISTORY –

We look at Pantomime Animals and Skin Parts as was explored right here on Dogpatch Press, with a video dedicated to the theatre!

NEXT UP ON CULTURALLY F’d –

We aren’t just releasing Fursuiting: A History.  We’re also keeping our regular programming of furry media analysis and fandom videos. We have an all new film-space to work in, so we’re itching to get back into filming on the regular.

• Tempe O’Kun has written up a romantic analysis of the 1973’s Disney’s Robin Hood.
• We animate Arrkay and Underbite’s interview on the podcast #CreatorTown.

So SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL ALREADY!

Like this and want more? Buy Culturally F’d Merch, Support Culturally F’d on Patreon, and subscribe to the Newsletter.

New from Humanoids we have Dragonseed, a full-color fantasy graphic novel written by Kurt McClung (Might & Magic) and illustrated by the team of Jimenez and Mateo Guerrero (Warlands). “For centuries the men and creatures of Krath have prepared for a conflict that many hoped would never happen. A half-blood, Adam Serre Shadow, now has just two moons to find the thief of the teardrop stone, stolen from his fire-breathing father, before the Council of Elders trigger all-out war. The son of a Dragon will stop at nothing to find the magical relic and preserve the fragile peace that still exists between the two species.” It’s available now as a digital comic and as a deluxe hardcover.

image c. 2018 Humanoids

Culturally F'd has produced a multi-part documentary on the history of fursuits and here is the trailer. The first episode drops tomorrow. Also we supplied footage from our household collection.
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Guest post by Arrkay from Culturally F’d, the furry youtube channel. See their tag on Dogpatch Press for more.

Get a load of this sneak peak for this weeks long-awaited Culturally F’d Miniseries. Inspired by a series of articles right here on Dogpatch.Press, Fursuiting: A History is an expedition straight into the uncanny valley.

This multi-part miniseries will look at animal-costume history from the basics of the mask, theatrical outfits, Hollywood rubber-suits, fandom cosplay, and our very own fuzzy army of unique performers. Stay tuned this #FursuitFriday for the first installment of our 2018 series – and make sure to subscribe to Culturally F’d on YouTube to catch new videos as they come.

The music used in the trailer is “Ascendance” by Fox Amoore.

Also check out our older, concept trailer that parodies the Westworld opening titles.

Plus you can see our version side by side with the Westworld open:

Like this and want more? Buy Culturally F’d Merch, Support Culturally F’d on Patreon, and subscribe to their Newsletter.

We had not heard about the Hammy and Gerbee series, but now the first volume is out, and apparently more are coming soon. Written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee, the first story of this graphic novel series for young readers is called Hammy and Gerbee: Mummies at the Museum. “Things are looking up for best friends Hammy and Gerbee—a hamster and a gerbil—when they find out they’re both in Miss Capybara’s class. But it’s not long before school becomes a battle between the good (Hammy and Gerbee), the bad (spelling bees and pop quizzes), and the evil (mice twins Anna and Hanna). Can things get any worse? Or mischievous? Yep! They’re going on a field trip to the science museum. What are two rodent friends to do but find their own fun (and trouble)?” It’s available now over at Barnes & Noble, from Henry Holt.

image c. 2018 Henry Holt

It appears this bear has a touch of actual OCD.
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Hello everyone!

We open this week's show with a discussion our panel on TFF. We then launch into a conversation about a recent article from the New York Times about how porn might be causing harm in the approach teenagers have toward sexual encounters. We discuss whether or not porn should be expected to be an educator for sex and what we can do better on a societal level.

Our main topic is on Active Listening and Maintaining Empathy. We've had many episodes on how to use nonviolent communication. This is only half of the equation, and that you must employ active listening skills in order to maintain empathy and find a way to bridge the divide between perspectives. We also talk about the terrifying concept that we as people can be fallible and oftentimes are the ones who are causing stress in a relationship, and how we can employ active listening to lower our barriers and identify ways to communicate and reciprocate everyone's wants and needs in a relationship.

We close out the show with a question on anal-- a top is concerned with the amount of Santorum produced when he has sex with his fuck buddy. How can he talk to his friend with benefits about douching before dicking?

For more information, including a list of topics, see our Show Notes for this episode.

Thanks and, as always, be well!

FA 099.5 Active Listening and Maintaining Empathy - Is porn a good teacher for sex? Is talking the talk good enough to maintain empathy? Santorum strikes when you least expect it! All this, and more, on this week's Feral Attraction!

Bear with me, I’m going to mention that old CSI episode “Fur and Loathing” again. Few media portrayals have upset furry fandom so much. A fiction show about murder should get a license to exaggerate for entertainment, but the public somehow took it as a documentary. It made impressions that a furry convention for good natured nerd stuff, like drawing cartoons and getting dinner with friends, is a weekend long furpile for sex-mad fetishists. Other sensational media was even more responsible for spreading the impression. Of course to be fair, so are some furries.

Fursuit Modded With Power To Pull Bad Dragon Products Into Tailhole From 25 Yards Away

— Dogpatch Clickbait (@DogpatchNewsBot) February 12, 2018

This was on my mind when I found a thread about Fay V’s worst convention ever. It’s a wild trip with 78 tweets about eldritch horror pudding and orgies.

Alright, I'll open this up to followers in general because this is a really fun story.
My worst con experience EVER! (1) https://t.co/wVxCaGDYur

— Fay V (@FayVFox) February 12, 2018

With that in mind, here are some of the more unusual kinks among furries, which I’m totally not making up at all.

(Art: Bencoon)

• Vore and Rooting

Vorarephilia is a fantasy interest in having one character consume another.  Rooting is where a character like a snake goes in one entrance and out another at the same time.

• Elebating

The infamous “elevator incident” at ConFurence 8 (all the way back in 1997) memorialized this scandalous behavior. A con-goer was disturbed by a mysterious ectoplasmic substance that migrated from an elevator wall to his pants leg. Witnesses who were trusted as non-gossipers swore up and down that it was exactly what you’re thinking of. It was variously explained as mayonnaise, moisture from bathing suits from a hot tub next to the elevator, or a sneeze:

Never having heard the actual complaints (despite being on staff) I suspect part of this may have been my fault. I was fighting a head cold the first day of the con. Staggering up to my room lay down for a couple hours I sneezed QUITE messily in one of the elevators. By the time I found something to clean it up with and got back to the elevator the hotel staff (?) had taken care of the mess. – Rivercoon

• Elevator hookup

Get in an elevator at a con and ask if anyone wants a hug. If a hug keeps going until it gets to your floor, ask if they wanna get off with you (wink!) It’s a way to have a contest – the fewer floors it takes, the better the score. Now you know what to blame for elevator lines.

• Davy Crockett Style

Wearing a raccoon’s ass for a hat.

• Weaseling and Double Weaseling

That’s when one furry puts on another’s fursuit for yiffing with a partner who doesn’t know. (Obviously it requires implied consent from freaky furries who will just laugh about it). A less typical situation is when a target furry catches on to the plan and secretly switches places with another, so both partners are in the wrong fursuit. That’s Double Weaseling.  A Weasel Party is when a whole group of furries switch suits at the same time.

Besides being freaky deaky like you saw on the CSI documentary – and definitely not creative fans who share art and encourage each other to express playful sides of their personalities in innocent and joyful ways – furries also enjoy telling totally ridiculous stories. With that in mind, enjoy the below.

Challenging myths about furries and sex. pic.twitter.com/94e1Mxrjl2

— VICE Canada (@vicecanada) February 1, 2018

Like the article? It takes a lot of effort to share these. Please consider supporting Dogpatch Press on Patreon.  You can access exclusive stuff for just $1, or get Con*Tact Caffeine Soap as a reward.  They’re a popular furry business seen in dealer dens. Be an extra-perky patron – or just order direct from Con*Tact.

We have here a commercial by a Moscow based production company called Fetish Film. This is a bit like a russian 2d Fantastic Mr Fox in commercial form.
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In 2017, FurPlanet chose to deviate from their usual custom of designating differing themes for FANG and ROAR by instead assigning their two annual anthologies the same theme: Paradise. In FANG 8, edited by Ashe Valisca, 14 authors of gay erotica explore the concept of paradise in a variety of contexts; real or imaginary, natural or created, lasting or transitory. This review aims to examine each of these stories.We begin with Al Song’s “Serenity in Blue.” Holt, a fennec fox, has suffered a painful breakup with his boyfriend and now, post-college, works a job he despises. The story follows his efforts to find a path to new love and a more inspiring career. The ‘paradise’ element wasn’t particularly obvious, but Song’s themes of a search for love and purpose in a competitive modern world will likely be relatable to many young people.“For Metal Do I Bleed” by NightEyes DaySpring follows Evie, a wolf struggling with a crush on a close friend, which may or may not be returned. Along with friends, he attends a heavy metal concert. The evening’s subsequent events, which include him meeting a band member he idolises, have lasting effects on Evie’s conception of his idol, his crush, and himself. I myself did not find Evie a particularly sympathetic protagonist, but as an initial degree of immaturity is hardly unusual in the heroes of ‘loss of innocence’ tales, this does not detract from the quality of the story.“Reflections” by TJ Minde features a couple, Jared (raccoon), and Derrick (rabbit), as they address Jared’s sexual inexperience by having a threesome with Derrick’s friend Charlie (fox). Again the ‘paradise’ element was fairly loosely interpreted, but given most of the other stories in the anthology feature monogamous couples, Minde’s portrayal of a couple opening their relationship up for the first time was a welcome nod to the diversity of modern relationship types. My one quibble was that Derrick comes across as a rather overdone caricature of the ‘flamboyant gay’ stereotype but this may be personal taste. In "A Night Out" by Jaden Drackus, another example of a ‘paradise found’ tale, we follow Captain Kerry Cooper, a US Army pilot fox stationed in Paris during WWI. While exploring Montmartre, Cooper visits a cabaret designed for gay males, where he meets Claude, a French lion. Drackus’s skill at bringing the sights, sounds, and scents of Edwardian Montmartre alive for the reader made this one of my favourite stories in the anthology.“Antisocial Paradise” by Miriam “Camio” Curzon tells the tale of Landon, a British African Wild Dog, as he tries to balance his affection for Mina (genet), an Egyptian student studying in London, with his zeal for anarchist activism and rebellion. This was by far the most divisive story for me in the anthology. Curzon’s rich and descriptive narrative style makes “Antisocial Paradise” without doubt one of the best-written stories in the collection, if not the best, but the outstanding narrative quality is equally balanced by it having the least-likeable cast (Mina being the exception; I felt sorry for him). Often Landon’s dialogue, or that of supporting characters, was so far-out I half-wondered if I was reading a social satire. I’m very curious to see if other readers’ reactions to this story match or differ, but for writing quality and characterisation (a character doesn’t need be likable to be well-conceived, after all) it was my favourite story in the anthology."Cause No Trouble" also by NightEyes DaySpring is set in Soviet Russia, where Ivan, a snow leopard, finds himself in trouble with the authorities. To his surprise, the official placed in charge of his case, Nikolai (husky), offers to look the other way on Ivan’s transgressions if Ivan takes him to a gay club. More trouble follows for both of them. This was another of my favourite stories in FANG 8; a fine tale of two individuals finding companionship amid deplorable circumstances."IRL" by Billy Leigh comes next, the story of Peter, a coyote testing out a new X-rated visual reality program. I will not be reviewing it here however for conflict of interest reasons given Billy is my husband.What would it be like if we could switch to a different body any time we wished? This is the question posed in "Heavenly Flesh" by Slip Wolf. In a colony far in distant space, Janus (bear) tries to be supportive of his boyfriend Puca, who, having lost his memory during transit from Earth, tries to ‘refind’ himself through frequent changes to different bodies. There is an excellent twist at the end few readers will see coming. Through various elements of an entirely-fabricated world, Slip Wolf does a fine job of exploring the concept of ‘paradise created.’ The predominant erotic scene involves tentacles which some readers may find not to their tastes.“Waking Neil” by Skunkbomb follows beaver Archie as he attempts to draw his ferret boyfriend Neil out of a car-accident induced coma. Neil has found that within his mind he can create his own paradise; what if he doesn’t want to return to reality? While the erotic scenes in this story did not stand out to me, I did appreciate the subplot concerning Archie’s and Neil’s plans to become parents, a topic less-often touched on in gay furry fiction.Like several of the other stories in this anthology, “Too Good” by MythicFox also explores the concept of a fabricated paradise. Paul, a coyote, is staying at an exotic resort staffed by fennec foxes who cater to his every whim, but as his memory of his life outside the resort begins to fade, he increasingly wonders if all is as it seems. As with the previous story, this tale makes the suggestion that given the choice reality may be better than paradise.“Making Contact” by Tym Greene handles the theme of an escape from Earth a little differently than “Heavenly Flesh”: in this story, the spaceship Osiris has been in transit for hundreds of years, but as it approaches the distant planet which is to be its destination, other spaceships appear. Have aliens been discovered at last? This is the question Orville, a wildebeest, must answer as, having become acting-captain, he attempts to resolve the conflict. I’ve very little experience reading sci-fi but this story was very well-written, the sci-fi elements come across as very believable, and the twist ending was both surprising and satisfactory.Another sci-fi tale, “The Centre of my Universe” by T.D. Coltraine features Frank, the bear ‘scavenger’ whose spaceship scrounges scrap materials. While investigating a crashed government spaceship with his fennec lover Zeke, Frank discovers a seeming-paradise on an uncharted planet, but the crashed spaceship harbours secrets that endanger the happiness he and Zeke have found there. While the twist at this story’s climax was pleasingly surprising, overall ‘The Centre of my Universe’ did not resonate as well with me as some of the other stories in this anthology did. It began with an extended sex scene that I felt did not give the reader adequate time to connect with the characters, the dialogue often felt forced and unbelievable, and there were numerous typos which sometimes made me question what a sentence was saying – this stood out as otherwise the anthology is largely well edited.The penultimate story, “Little Death” by James Hudson follows Frederick, a fox who in a near-death experience finds himself transplanted into his own conception of paradise: a tropical beach on which his crush, snow leopard Toby, is his lover. This story’s interpretation of the ‘paradise’ theme suggests that the boundaries between reality and a conceived paradise may not be so distinct as one might think.“Empty” by Faora Meridian is the shortest story in the anthology, and one of my favourites. The tale of a fox visited in bed by his wolf lover, I can’t reveal much else without spoiling the ending – it has one of the best surprise endings in the anthology, perhaps my favourite take on ‘paradise’ as a theme.Overall, FANG 8 does a great job of exploring the concept of ‘paradise’ through various incarnations and interpretations. While some stories are better in quality than others, all were enjoyable on some level, and the variety of genres included, from sci-fi to historical fiction to contemporary settings in various contexts, makes it likely that most readers will find at least a few stories to their tastes, if not also introduction to other genres. The erotic element is much more evident in some stories than others, ranging from obvious, lengthy sex scenes to shorter sexual incidences nestled within the greater narrative, but in this respect as well I expect the diversity of approaches will help make the anthology appealing to a wider audience. Generally speaking the editing quality was high, as I noticed typos in only two or three stories out of fourteen. My compliments to Ashe Valisca and the authors of FANG 8 for putting together a fine anthology.