THUGLIT Issue Ten by Kurtz Ed & Mellon Mark & Pruitt Eryk & McCauley Terrence & Hagelstein Ed & Cosby S.A. & Nadler Ben & Fox-Lerner Aaron

Author:Kurtz, Ed & Mellon, Mark & Pruitt, Eryk & McCauley, Terrence & Hagelstein, Ed & Cosby, S.A. & Nadler, Ben & Fox-Lerner, Aaron [Kurtz, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Thuglit Publishing
Published: 2014-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

In the room’s W.C. he splashed cold water on his face and tried to control his breathing. His heart didn’t seem to care how he breathed, so instead he fished around in his messenger bag until he found a little orange bottle of Klonopin. He swallowed two dry and sat on top of the toilet seat for several long minutes with his eyes squeezed shut. Gradually, minute by minute, his heart rate slowed and his breathing evened out to something approaching normal. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself staring directly at his own bedraggled reflection, into his own red-rimmed eyes in the mirror across from him. His jowly face was in bad need of a shave, and the bruise on his left cheek had gotten blacker while he slept. The American frowned at himself. He looked almost as terrible as he felt.

Somewhere outside somebody shrieked, followed immediately by a peal of raucous laughter and a noisemaker clacking away. He rose from his perch on the toilet and staggered back into the room in time to hear a throaty roar beneath the window: “Kölle Alaaf!” The clock read five to noon. Karneval was underway.