I would’ve loved to get some sleep. It felt like I hadn’t ever slept. Not just in a long time or in ages or in forever. But never. Of course, I knew it wasn’t true. But the mind takes liberties with the truth, especially when it’s...
With a careful bite, he pulled it from the blade and bit down. A sickening pop and clear juice spurted out of his mouth and onto the table. He retrieved the napkin by his plate and dabbed at the fluid dribbling down his chin, looking embarrassed like he’d farted at...
But it wasn’t all rose petals and celebratory champagne because she was thirsty enough to drink rain water out of a street gutter. Her tongue felt thick and fat in her mouth. Like a giant slug without the mucous. She’d have to find water, and...
Calories weren’t gonna be spilling off the grocery store shelves anymore. And that was just fine by him. People had gone soft. Too much comfort and convenience. Not...
The man’s beard parted where his mouth hung open. That was a good sign. But the real note of progress showed in his eyes. The fear. The submission. “I’ll ask you again, what’s your name?” “Alexei Volkov,” the man replied with a wincing eye on the side with the missing...
Charlie had been tying knots since the age of three and he knew twice as many as any mortal man. He knew the best ones for building spring traps. He knew the best ones for stretching hides. And he knew the best ones for keeping an impressively strong man tied to a...
