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• Zombie Emancipation

  by uselessness 3 months ago

  I grabbed the squeegee by the handle and carefully extracted it from the zombie’s head. It slid out with a squelch and an out…

• Mort Memorandum

  by Russell Ruffino 6 months ago

  Watching Helen, my assistant, wheel it in, I try to work out exactly when I stopped caring. Over the years as a pathologist I…

• Should I Stay or Should I Go... Capital W's Retro Music Challenge

  by Jenunique 7 months ago

  John kicked the body with his cowboy boot, “Another one bites the dust.” He spit a chaw that sizzled in the hot Arizona san…

• Inspect the Body

  by NightMaiden 7 months ago

  You check the body, trying not to retch while the scent clogs your nose. Instead, you breathe through your mouth.

  You take a…

• Dark Magic in a Cold Place

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  The morgue was deathly quiet, which one should really expect in a room full of dead people and one dead frog. Of course, ther…

• The Corpse

  by zkid 11 months ago

• The Vicious Cycle of Humanity

  by Yeah Write! about 1 year ago

  Ever since humans have existed as civilized beings, we have been nothing but a detriment to each other, ourselves, and the wo…

• Death at the Island

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  Mug squinted through the rain. “Wait, wait, hold up,” he said, motioning a hand at Finn and Anonymous. “What’s that?”

  They a…

• Blood Month (III)

  by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago

  Everything spun. Hearing was coming back to my right ear – shouting and sirens and fire and water from the hoses, all soundin…

• Roadkill

  by Yeah Write! about 1 year ago

  It all ended (more like began) with the screech of tires, the honk of a horn, and the screams of passerbys as the lump of fle…