Corruption - Part 3
"Corruption" - Part 3 Theo set down his pen and closed his journal with a soft sigh of resignation. It was hard to believe that it had been almost a month since that fateful day, the day Ax had given him the kiss that changed his life forever. He...
Corruption - Part 2
"Corruption" - Part 2 Blood. It was everywhere: pooled in murky puddles on the floor, spattered all over the walls, caked on his front and arms in dark patches, and staining almost every piece of furniture in the room. The scent suffused the air and...
Corruption - Part 1
"Corruption" - Part 1 A lone fox leaned in with an elbow propped up on the windowsill, staring blankly out on the quad, already abuzz with activity despite the early morning hour. From the vantage point of his 5th-story dormitory room, the figures...
Unnatural Tendencies - Chapter 3
"Unnatural Tendencies" - Chapter 3 By: Ty the Fox _Bzzzzt!_ The shrill buzzer signaling the end of classes for the day suddenly yanked me out of my anxiety-fueled self-reflecting and sent a jolting chill down my spine. I knew all too well...
Unnatural Tendencies - Chapter 5
"Unnatural Tendencies" - Chapter 5 By: Ty the Fox I didn't get much sleep that night. Each time I closed my eyes and dozed off, I saw Darryl splayed out like a rag doll beneath the oak in the courtyard, coughing up blood. Those big, blue eyes,...
Unnatural Tendencies - Chapter 4
"Unnatural Tendencies" - Chapter 4 By: Ty the Fox What is it that makes control so difficult to gain and yet so easy to lose? How does just one precipitous lapse in judgment trigger an avalanche of events to unfurl? It's as though we're actively...
Unnatural Tendencies - Chapter 2
"Unnatural Tendencies" - Chapter 2 By: Ty the Fox All-in-all, he'd been lucky. A minor concussion, a sprained ankle, two broken ribs, and a compound fracture to his elbow were the full extent of it; no internal hemorrhaging or neurological damage...
Unnatural Tendencies - Chapter 1
"Unnatural Tendencies" - Chapter 1 By: Ty the Fox _I am cursed._ _ If I admitted that to a random stranger, I'd probably just get a raised eyebrow and perhaps a mistrustful stare. I wouldn't blame them; by most accounts, I live a gilded life. I'm...
Sacrifice
"Sacrifice" By: Ty the Fox _'How doth the little crocodile_ _Improve his shining tail,_ _And pour the waters of the Nile_ _On every golden scale?_ _How cheerfully he seems to grin,_ _How neatly he spreads his claws,_ _And welcomes little fishes...
A Hunting Story
"A Hunting Story", By: Ty the Fox The woods were silent. A solitary hunter stood motionless, boots entrenched deep in the soft white snow below. The scene seemed utterly devoid of life; all of the resident songbirds had ventured south for the...