The New Weird by Ann VanderMeer;Jeff Vandermeer

Author:Ann VanderMeer;Jeff Vandermeer
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Horror, Dark Fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9781892391551
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Published: 2008-02-01T03:42:02+00:00

Comes a pressure on one side of his face. He does not move. A shape crosses his eye, rubbing against the eyelid. It moves to cover the other eye. Where it touches his face, it is warm, soft. Covered with hair.

Rat.

He struggles to move his legs. His legs are bound in fishline. They do not move. He tries to lift his head but the rat is too heavy. He twists his neck sideways. The rat claws at cloth and shard, sliding off his face.

The rat squats close to his face, cheeks asquirm. The tail is bare. The feet are grayish pink as are the eyes. The body is covered with matted grey hair. The head tapers to a blunted snout. Below the snout, the tips of two teeth.

The rat clambers up the bridge of Brey's nose, onto his temple. Brey moves his head slightly. The rat slides off in a heap. The rat sniffs his face, clambers atop his head. It sits upon his ear.

He slowly lifts his arm. He moves his hand up his body. He touches the rat's tail. He brushes his palm over the rat's body to touch the head.

He curls his fingers in a basket around the rat's head. He tightens his fingers until the knuckles whiten. The rat sucks at his hand, breathless, scrabbling and clawing the side of his face. It entangles its claws in cloth and plaster. His fingers tighten.

He opens his hand. The rat slides off his face and onto the floor, quivering, its eyes floating and misdirected. He rolls onto his side, carefully knotting the rat's tail. He ties a double knot, leaving a slight loop. He forces the loop over a hook on his harness, hanging the rat as if a set of keys.

The rat lolls off to one side, its neck twisted, its head lying turned against the floor.

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