The Ballad of Cocky the Fox so far: Cocky the fox, a handsome specimen of Vulpes vulpes living on the edge of an English town, is in trouble. His mentor Holiday Bob, top fox in the Borough, is dead. His family life has collapsed, and he’s moved in with his friend Champion, a distressed albino rabbit. His enemies are everywhere. And he’s been drinking a lot of aftershave.
In Fit the Fifth, Cocky was nearly brought low by a mob of rats before Otto, the dog next door, came to the rescue. The next morning, the insane raven Corvin du Noir was found in the garden; he was studying the entrails not only of rats, but of the cat French Edward. Later, Cocky discovered that Randall du Noir has also been paying visits, because — it seems — the chaos in the Borough after Holiday Bob’s demise is entertaining to the ravens. ‘We leave tonight,’ Cocky told Champion.
The Sniffer Issue No. Five accompanies Fit the Fifth of The Ballad of Cocky the Fox. It features imperial stout, dead cats, Scrabble and Thin Lizzy. It can be downloaded from here.