Man Eating F*ckers by David Owain Hughes

Author:David Owain Hughes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dark fiction, horror books, horror fiction, disturbing horror books, extreme horror, horror and dark fiction, cannibal horror
Publisher: HellBound Books Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Experiment of an Ancient Breed

A Short Story by

David Owain Hughes

Elizabeth, who was named after her great-great-grandmother, had been the sole manager and proprietor of the Lamb and Flag pub for the past nine years. When she'd first acquired the establishment fifteen years ago, she'd been the joint owner, along with her brother. He died six years into running the place, forcing Elizabeth, who preferred to go by Liz, to take on full responsibility.

Paul, Liz’s brother, had been taken ill unexpectedly.

“I’m sorry for your loss, Elizabeth. It seems Paul had a rare, and certainly unusual, blood disease that we’ve not seen or treated in this hospital,” had been the doctor’s cold, unforgiving words. “We’d like to keep your brother’s body for a couple of weeks, run some tests and see if we can prepare for the next case we have involving the extraordinary illness.”

She’d found his frankness astonishing. Had she not been emotionally drained at the time, Liz would have taken more than a few strips off him, but then he added, “It would be a good cause towards medical science . . .”, swaying her judgment somewhat.

Her mind had reeled. What if it’s in me? What about Jason? The babies!

“By all means, come in for a check-up,” the doctor had said after she’d told him her concerns.

Six weeks later, Paul’s body had been retuned, and the green light to bury him had been lit.

Liz hadn’t had time to mourn. She had a business to look after along with her family: her baby twin girls, four-year-old nephew and younger brother, Jason, who all lived at the pub with her.

The first four years without Paul had been tough. A slog. Not just physically, but mentally, too. Had Liz not had Jason to help mind the children whilst she worked every hour God sent, then it would have been an impossibility to keep everything going no matter how good she was at spinning plates.

When Jason turned sixteen, Liz put him to work behind the bar – not that she had to do much arm-twisting. He’d been chomping at the bit to get involved ever since Paul had passed.

“It’s not fair to take all the work on yourself, sis,” had been his words after they’d buried their brother. “Let me at least do some bar work for you.”

“No,” had been her stern reply. “You can help me out by looking after the little ones – keep them entertained, warm, and their bellies full for me. That would be a massive help.”

Jason coming of age had been a welcomed relief, taking away much of the strain that had been building and threatening to cave her in. When Liz realised how much of a good thing it was, she’d suddenly become scared, knowing that if her baby brother had been slightly younger, meaning there wouldn’t have been aid for another year or two, then she would have gone under.

Stress would have killed her.

And if the stress hadn’t, then giving up the pub would have. That act

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