Something Wicked SF & Horror Magazine #5 by Something Wicked Authors

Author:Something Wicked Authors [Something Wicked Authors]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

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The front door was open. The latch was torn from the wood. Dan shifted his grip on the poker, holding it like a club, and crept into the corridor. The lights were out, maybe across the city. He glanced into the bedroom, which was still in disarray from the morning fight, then crept through to the kitchen.

As he rounded the corner he heard a quiet, choking sound. There was a body lying with its back over the kitchen table, arms outspread. Sasha was standing over it with her hands on its throat. There were knives sticking out of the body's chest, three of them, and blood dripping off spread fingers down to a growing pool on the kitchen floor. Dan stood quietly. He was too late to help, even if he wanted to. It was Dashell from across the street, but that wasn't important any more. It was missing three fingers. Sasha turned and saw him.

There were tiny wrinkles on her cheeks and forehead, and around her eyes, and thin grooves on her lips. Her skin was grey, and her eyebrow was cut, leaking blood down her face. And she had killed.

He could talk to her, and tell her how they were damaged. She might understand. They had lived together for seven months, and known each other for years. But could he trust something like her? Could he trust his life to someone that saw him as a monster? Dan knew how he looked. He was covered in blood, and he had a weapon. Even if she wasn't like the rest of them she'd be a threat, because he was a threat to her.

Dan didn't know what she was thinking. He could only see her surface, and that made everything that happened next a lot easier.

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Sam Wilson writes TV shows. He is currently co-writing the sci-fi comedy cartoon show “URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika” with Lauren Beukes and Sarah Lotz, who are both “Something Wicked” contributors.

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This is Sam's first story for Something Wicked, making him tie with Lauren, but one place behind Sarah.

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