Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Gangrene by R.S. Bohn

GANGRENE - R.S. BOHN
 
His penis looked like an olive with the pimento sucked out.
“Perhaps gangrene, Mr. Shaw,” I said. Judging by the smell, I wasn’t far off.
“Look, just give me something, would ya?”
I took a bottle from my bag. “It won’t help. I should send you for tests.”
He unscrewed the top and shook out two, swallowing them. “Have you ever met my wife, doc?”
Shimmying into trousers, he led me to a closed door. The smell upon opening knocked me back. Inside, his wife lie chained to the bed, struggling and gnashing her teeth.
“She died three weeks ago.” He slapped my shoulder. “And things ain’t never been better.”

11 comments:

  1. LMAO, RS!

    Priceless first line, and last.

    Congrats on the new site, Chris.

    Best,
    Col

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  2. Well, he had me at the first line.
    Short. Not sweet.
    Everything a zombie tale should be.

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  3. Thank you Col and Katherine. Glad you, er, enjoyed. :)

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  4. Man, that was nasty. If you hadn't mentioned zombies, I wouldn't have known...but she was struggling, nashing the teeth, and then he says she was dead and that made her a zombie. Powerful imagery there in so very few words. Great job R.S

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  5. The first line makes you re-think everything you thought you knew concerning, "Shaken, not stirred." But then that's Lady B. Always messing with our concept of reality. Cool tale of devotion, sensuality and love in the world of the brain eaters.

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  6. Wild and crazy. Nicely done, R.S.
    Congrats, Chris, on the new site ~ wishing you all the best.

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  7. BWAHAHAAAA!!!

    Seriously disturbed but OMG ZOMBIE SEX!

    Perfectly short, I love economical writing -- few words, lots of story =)

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  8. Can a zombie get pregnant?

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  9. Hm, my comment seems to have left for space. I´ll give it another try...

    I seriously BWAHAHAAAed =) And I am humbly grateful for the zombie sex!

    Also, I love the sparseness, such economical writing -- lots of story in a few words.

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  10. Asqui,

    You get two for the price of one. Sorry I didn't get your first comment up sooner but, hey, like I said, two for the price of one.

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  11. Haha, zombies make good lovers, they moan a lot but never complain. :)

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