Quiet Violence
Brady's earliest memory is of a fur his age being hit by a truck, just outside his home window. He was five years old. He wasn't really mature enough to grasp the idea of death in an intellectual sense, but he knew enough to know it was bad. That day...
Graphic Violence
# 1 In the town of Warren City, Indiana sits Warren City University, one of the Midwest's most curious colleges. A particular curiosity can be found in the mathematics department here, behind a door emblazoned with the text "KARL W. KAIRO, PH. D....
Poem #22: Violence
_Violence_ Senseless purging of the heart Ceaseless anger from which it starts There is nothing but pain Reason and love shall part Virtues and morals are slain Not a value to gain Now nothing is the same Reality that misery will drain Many...
Test Piece 1: Violence
“What are you?" Spits the unarmored man, blood and spit, though mostly blood leaving his mouth with his furious words The man in the armor looks down at the man from behind his metal visor. “I think you know what I am, and who as well, but I think the...
Gutpunch 4: Violence of an almost sexual nature
And so the tinny rabbit, cloaked in a hood of midnight, her sword sheathed, but always at the ready, stood in front of the ivory gates and as she drew in the cold morning air, burning her throat and lungs, and as her bare-feet slowly numbed from the...
Darkness and Starlight 23 - A History of Violence
The moment James reached towards the doorknob, a part of him began immediately regretting it. His claws clasped firmly upon the handle, as Koopin's own hand covered his. They both turned the lock, as a voice came from inside. "Ahhh come in." James...
The Book of Sins, Chapter 1. Passion and Violence
If I'd lived a lifetime of happiness and fortune I would have died happy. I would have existed in a state of self-acceptance, I would have found beauty and harmony in all that I knew, and respected balance and justice in all things. I would have been...
Mixed Tale 9 - Conclusions... (Violence Warning)
(Working title. Comment if you have better ideas... or if you "actually" want to read more of this.) Isaad felt like his body was being torn apart by a thousand hands as he hurtled through a tunnel of colors. The pain was unimaginable, despite his...
The Tail of Thorns - Prelude (Rewrite of Mixed Tale - Violence)
The call rang out loudly from the crow's nest. "Two ships spotted! Both flyin' the colors of the Kaokuro Empire!" As word of the sighting spread quickly across the ship, the deck began to teem with the sailors on board. Escorted by two warships, the...
Mixed Tale 8 - Village in Flames (Violence Warning)
In the carriage, Heath continued to apply his mix of herbs to the side of Tayin's face. With a sharp inhale, Tayin complained. "It stings!" Heath smiled kindly as he pat down the wound made from the pirate captain's boot. "You sound like a kitten,...
Mixed Tale 3 - Tribal Conflict (Violence Warning)
Isaad stood out at the rim of the deck. His fleshy hands were crossed over each other, and he was enjoying the breeze. Being on a boat, he had abandoned his combat gear back in his private quarters, and felt free to wander the ship in just his dark...
Shady Impressions: Shady Impressions: Villains, Violence, and Various Errands #4
**Chapter 15** "Not a word of what happened in that forest is to be mentioned to the master, alright Dax?" Russo demanded of the wolf as soon as they used the funds so generously provided by the mimic to buy as much salt, sugar, pepper, and cinnamon...