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Without even drying her hands she turned and walked out of the kitchen door, heading towards the mailbox.

He stood, the 911 operator bleating in his ear, unable to process what was happening. He hung up the phone and slowly, like a man who has had far too much to drink or has just received news far too horrid to bear, he started to follow her.

She opened the mailbox and without missing a beat she pulled the arm-hand-gun out of the mailbox and looked up and down their suburban street; no one was watching. She held the edge of the stump with her left hand and forced her right hand into the severed arm as if it were a glove.

His wife was not his wife any more. The person that stood before him was apparently a man, in his mid-twenties, shaved head, tattoos and a gun in his hand. He didn’t feel anything after the third bullet hit him, but he lived just long enough to hear all six leave the gun.

Down the street she ran, into the alley at the end and once out of sight she ripped the ‘glove’ off ; it was done.

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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

Cool sequel. The severed arm is a glove… That’s a neat idea. Am I right to assume that when the wife put on the glove, she morphed into a twenty-five-year-old hitman?
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Maleghast
Posted 2 months ago

I don’t seem to be able to make a comment to explain things to thebetweenspace...

Help!
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Maleghast
Posted 2 months ago

Ok, comments are working again… The sequel that I wrote relies on the prequel by Wil Wheaton that sets up that the item in the mailbox is a magical device / item. The idea is that the ‘murder glove’ not only provides you with an untraceable firearm, but also a compelling, magical fake identity in the form of an illusion spell. Glad you liked my ‘go’ at it, and thanks for commenting :-)
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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Nice continuation of both preceding stories, using bits and hints plus a dash of your own creative juices. Now I’m hungry. Great little bit of story and a nice example of what is so great about ficlets.
LoA
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KevMullins
Posted 2 months ago

Great addition, I like the flow between the original story, Wil’s and this one.

Very well done.
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Stovohobo
Posted 2 months ago

Ooh, I like that. That’s a cool way to continue with the idea in Wil’s ficlet, and keep running with it (after all, that’s what ficlets is about!). Nice disguise, too.
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btwright
Posted 2 months ago

Awesome sequel.