Huh. Well, that couldn’t be quantified as a success. Even by the most liberal of definitions. He looked at the dead body. Then he looked that the hand in his hand, neatly severed above the wrist, gun held in place by rigor mortis. He had no idea he was that strong. At least he no longer had to worry about his fingerprints appearing on the murder weapon. He held his hand flat, weighing the hand and gun. Wondering if the weight came from the gun or from what was wrapped around it. But what to do with it? He couldn’t take it with him. He looked around and saw it. Perfect. Especially with his morbid sense of humour. He approached the mailbox. 2008-05-24T19:01:39Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/29793 <p>No i think you should have made me wonder if it was his hand or the deseased even more cause that would be a morbid sense of humor {cutting off his own hand}. If you left it vague on purpose well then, that is awesome i loved it, if not i still loved it. I am going to experiment with your invention of using misplaced modifiers, to keep the reader guessing, and build suspense. good story.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29793?basename=64719 2008-05-24T19:01:39Z Mighty-Joe Young http://ficlets.com/authors/user_8969 <p>Yeah. Probably should have put something about the hand belonging to the decesed in there.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29793?basename=60974 2008-05-08T16:30:03Z williamthebloody http://ficlets.com/authors/williamthebloody <p>Different, more concrete take on the original. A little hard to follow for some reason. I thought he&#8217;d chopped his own hand off for a bit there in the middle.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29793?basename=60971 2008-05-08T15:46:12Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477