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The RainFurrest Annual Charity Anthology was created to celebrate and showcase the literary aspect of the anthropomorphics fandom as well as to raise funds for charity.




Features the following stories:



Heart by Bryan Nickleberry

Welcome to my Parlor by Rechan

Ol'grem by Cheshire

Steed and Steel by Bill Kieffer

Thicker than Blood by Kits

Jailbreak by PJ Wolf

Featuring art by Dr. West, Bill "Greyflank" Kieffer, and P. Gaither with a cover by Rhari.

Heart by Bryan Nickleberry

So a demon, a succubus, and a monster hunter walk into a bar...

So, without spoiling the ending, love really does conquer all.

The sex is all in the "front end" of the story and it is rather messy and exhausting. I found the final climax to be nicely done, but I do have two minor complaints.

The first being is cup sizes. In a sword and sorcery setting, I find the use of modern sizing more than a little jarring. I like breasts. There must surely be a better way for a woman to describe her own endowments, even if that woman isn't all she seems to be. There are other ways to say these things more appropriate to the setting, I should think.

Issue 1.5 : G-Spot. See above/Issue the first.

The second issue covers a long lapse of years. In talking about the children and their powers, there's a passage or two that feels distant. I'm sure it just needs a little tweaking.

Welcome to my Parlor by Rechan

I found this to be particularly witty version of a dungeon crawl for one, from the point of view of the "monster." Considering the adult theme of NSFW and how these things go in Furrydom, I was quite pleased and surprised by the ending.

I did not see that "coming."

Ol'grem by Cheshire

When I started reading this story, I really did not think I'd like it much. And I think with good reason, the first few paragraphs were confusing and repetitive. I'm OK with repetition; especially when used to good effect. This wasn't. By the time the Fox hit the city, I had to take a break.

I think perhaps the first few paragraphs reminded me too much of my own first draft writing; which made it worse, too close to home.

But once the fox got to the bar and made arrangements for staying, the story telling improved and every thing after that seemed very polished. The sex was probably as satisfying for me as for Ol'Grem.

Spoiler Alert, I think the Fox got wonderfully spoiled.

Steed and Steel by Bill Kieffer

That's me, and I need to apologize for the lack of a final edit. Part of the problem is the version of OpenOffice I use. Saving from .ODT to .DOC messed up almost every closing quote mark until I learned to stop using smart quotes.

Plus, I used Peter's name where I should have used Coal's in one spot.

I still think it works if you do not know Metamor Keep. But I know Metamor Keep and I am biased. The other writers of Metamor Keep want me to make it clear that this story is non-canon.

Because there's sex in it.

Canon story would be the same plot with the rapes done discreetly off camera.

Thicker than Blood by Kits

I learned that Kit's tale was accidentally truncated before I began reading it. I glanced at the ending, and it seemed to end in a good spot (which is to say not in the middle of a sentence) .

I read the story and it still seems to end in a good spot. Maybe not the best spot for this collection of Furry Adult stories, but it does at least answer the question Valof has been asking himself since the story began: Why did he save Hrun and not run away with the loot? And it does answer that so deliciously well.

I don't know what happens after they have sex (sorry, no spoiler there... NSFW is exactly that kind of book, after all). Hrun can run off, Valof can run off, they can run off together, or the owner of the loot might sneak past them and get his loot back, for all I know. So, maybe future editions will have the full story, maybe not, but no one should really feel cheated (except perhaps Kits).

What we get is worth reading and enjoying.

Jailbreak by PJ Wolf

I think I liked every line here, except "Coryn knew the castle the lord spoke of." We kind of established that on the previous page, yes? But every other line served its purpose and the complexities of royal intrigue. Intrigue is often confused with a singular mystery or secret, not the complex atmosphere a ruling caste lives and breathes.\

Never mind the sex, read the story to taste the intrigue PJ builds his story upon. The sex is good, if tricked and coerced. I felt I was really reading from the point of view of a strong woman, not bitter but realistic.

I look forward to finding a longer work by PJ Wolf. I'm curious to see if he can "keep it up."

Off it goes on a little bookring... enjoy the trip, little book!
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Thanks!

Very excited to read this, in fact, I'll be starting it as soon as I make a fresh cup of coffee!
Thanks for letting me join your ring.

I didn't love this book but I didn't hate it either ... it was, well, ... Strange.
It might have been better with some proper editing, there were several times when I became lost as to where the story was going and what the point of it all was - time hopping without reader prep is never something a writer should do, it disrupts the flow of the story and creates a disjointed mess.
I did laugh out loud twice while reading this, hence the 2 stars, any book that can make me chuckle can't be all bad.
Would I read it again?
No, once was more than enough.

Mailed this morning to the next person in the ring.

Received in the mail from hostile17...thanks for sending it to me, and thanks to Greyflank for starting this ring. Looking forward to reading and the other one although I know next to nothing about Rainfurrest.

Overall, not my cup of tea...this is my first experience with anthropomorphic characters, glad I had the opportunity to read it, but very disappointed with the editing (or lack thereof). So many typos, misused words, misspellings, quotation mark screw-ups that made it painful to read. Were the main author and his three editors drunk or on drugs when they edited, or did they just produce it without actually sitting down and reading through it word by word, line by line? That's is what it takes; I ought to know as I am a proofreader and editor for an independent press and I spend hours looking over manuscripts with a dictionary by my side and a grammar book or two by my side.

Some of the stories and/or excerpts from obviously longer works were okay, but some weren't. For those that were obviously excerpts, some context and a bit of explanation would have helped (the story called Jailbreak as an example). Some of the stories struck me as fan-fic and that whole fan-fic seems like kidnapping and I just don't read them.

The artists' drawings, particularly Bill Kieffer's horse Gorekill, were some of the best parts of the book. It was reminiscent of a kid we had in our youth group. Ash would draw young women and men with animal heads.

Thanks for the opportunity to read it, Greyflank.
As an aside, all your quotation marks were screwed up. The first set was fine, but the ending quotation mark was often missing especially when it was interrupted speech. That made it difficult to know what was speech and what was exposition.

"No two persons ever read the same book."--Edmund Wilson

Sharing this book with the wider world--enjoy!
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Two book ring books winging their way via media mail. Enjoy the reads.

The book has arrived safe and sound. I will start reading it soon. Thanks for sending it my way.

I stepped outside my usual reading comfort zone, on this book. It's a good thing to do since I'd hate to be trapped in a bubble. Well, I shocked my college aged daughters when I told them I was reading some "furry tales". They are over 21 and I felt it was Ok to let them know I am a curious humanoid and I have another side to my "Mom" persona. Ahem! Anyway, my take on the book... I thought most of the stories were of a "Slam! Bam! Thank you Ma'm" nature. A couple went into a little more depth. My favorite furry tale was Steed and Steel, written by our friendly Bookcrosser Greyflank. I liked the characters and it had an actual storyline that I would enjoy following. Good job! I don't know as if I will continue to seek out sex-filled furry tales in the future, but it has definitely broaden my reading experience. Thanks for sharing!

Sending this off to MonstrousWalker. Happy Travels! Happy Reading!

I read just "Steed and Steel", by our one and only, and loved it. That dragon really gets in ones head. I especially liked the 'All the King's Horses and All the King's Men' type deal where they're trying to jolly Gorekill into mating with the ladies like a proper stud.

NSFW's tour of the country is now completed.

I really like this story and the bad edit of the collection as a whole bothers me terribly, but I hope the zoo charity at least got something out of this.

This is a Memorial Release For Teddy Sexton in the Otherworldly Book Box,

Teddy passed away July 24, 2012. Since then, I've given myself the job of spreading the books he left behind as if they were his ashes. Not all of the books I'm releasing during this time were his; but the bulk have been. I still have many, many of his books left to share.

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To the finder of this book, please enjoy it. Please share it with someone. Please help it travel. Thanks!

I'm claiming this from the Otherworldly Bookbox, in part for Greyflank's story and in part just to explore more furry fiction.

Later: some entertaining and/or steamy tales here! Among my favorites: "Thicker Than Blood" by Kits, with its D&D-type fantasy characters finding something more than treasure; and Greyflank's "Steed and Steel", with its swords-and-dragons tale that featured some interesting twists - and the marvelous warhorse Gorekill, depicted in the beautiful illustration!

[There's a TV Tropes page of Useful Notes on Furry Fandom, which I found both entertaining and helpful.]

I'm sending this to BCer HI77 in Florida, to fill a wish. Enjoy!

*** Released for the 2017 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***

You know the party

has taken a bad turn,
when the tails aren't wagging.