DISSECTIONS 4 thievery he lived to see another day that poor prick’s heart still beating within his chest he’d stolen it with dull blade a disloyal hand devoured it; consumed joyously all ...
It crept up his neck, colder than the cold. He knew he should’ve done it sooner—take the Christmas lights down—but he wasn’t one for strenuous labor, especially not in the teeth of winter...
Her eyes speak volumes, assuring him it will be as it was; it will be alright. He knows it won’t be—it can’t be. Nothing escapes the scrutiny of the incandescent lighting above their heads....
https://penofthedamned.com/2017/04/25/devil-is-in-the-details/
In shards the morning broke, shattering high, high above the gunshot reports, the torches, the thick plumes of smoke. She watched them fall like black drops of rain in the distance. First came a ...
I led the life once. Once. “Excuse me. I was hoping we could talk a minute. Something about what your daughter said to mine.” It felt another lifetime ago. For all intents and purposes...
They unfurled from the sky, glistening against the hatching sun, glistening with their own secretions; glistening with newly absorbed blood. At first, Boston thought them to be a series of banner...
It drives me mad. That wet smack. It is all I ever hear. I watch them in my shower. Wispy bodies through beaded glass. He is a strong man. Muscle fibers twitch, bounce within his thighs. The fog ...
They preferred the angry gnash of the storm over the silence. Like nervous teeth, the panes chattered. The rafters creaked; dust floated down upon their heads. The man—the man who had been take...
“You have been dogged in your pursuit for an exclusive, so here it is—contrary to popular belief, I owe my new-found stardom to her. She, my biggest fan. But before all that, there are facts ...
https://penofthedamned.com/2016/01/19/all-the-worlds-a-stage/
He didn’t much like his new job. He liked working with the old man even less. Not because the old man’s pores leaked bourbon and unfulfilled aspirations each morning; he could tolerate that. ...