Razed - Chapter 14
“_Closeness, proximity_ _I need it, bondage"_ **Japanese Breakfast,** ' **Posing in Bondage'** Days slip through my fingers like grains of sand and, by the time I stop and take note, I find it's already the second week of...
Consequences
Gun to my head, five minutes left. The numbers shine out through the darkness from the raised, blood-splashed bowl in front of me, inexorably counting down to zero. 04:59. The wolf stands across from me staring hard into my eyes, sizing me up, tearing...
Razed - Chapter 18
“_I'm in the back seat of my body_ _I'm just steering my life in a video game_ _Similar acts and a different name"_ **boygenius,** ' **Stay Down'** It takes some maneuvering, but I manage to make Feather my...
Blood
There's blood in his fur. It runs from the gash in his ear and from his nose, marking gruesome crimson lines down his face. "Get the fuck away from him," I yell. It makes me sick to see other people ignore violence and brutality. When people choose...
Razed - Chapter 20
[center][i]“I stray just like a dog addicted to that heavy fucking”[/i] [b]Slayyyter, ‘CRANK’[/b][/center] Feather won’t look at me. “It’s okay, you don’t have to come.” “It’s not that, it’s just: I really like you.” “And that’s a problem now?” “Don’t...
It’s Not Your Fault
You are a vessel for rhetoric and culture and genetics. You are, ultimately, what is made of you. That means it's not your fault that you're intolerant of other cultures, for that you can blame your parents for their emotional distance, or for passing...
What's Wrong?
Pelt frizzed from sleepless, thrashing nights and lack of self-care, you’re a mess. Your brush moves through your fur like Jackie’s hands, desperate but incapable of undoing what’s been done. Entropy increasing forevermore, the laws of thermodynamics...
The Clock
Author’s note: [i]In this story I offer a speculative, pessimistic refraction of modern life. I hope it brings catharsis, though it may also bring distress. In this note I offer an alternative: at times it may feel like surrender is the only choice,...