Many thanks to Walt Whitman for the phrase “barbaric yawp.”

Just picking a bit here… but if his mouth was taped is it not logical to assume his hands would be bound too?
Aside from that great… oh and, don’t piss you off obviously! :)

Yes. I wanted to deal with that, but ran out of room. I was going to describe the hands bound together in front of him. I got rid of the bound hands thing, but liked the idea of the muffled scream, so I left it in.
Maybe I’ll take another look at it to see what I can do to fix that, because it did bug me as well. Thanks for the comments.
Also, this is a based on a true story of a man who was overly critical of one of my ficlets. =P

I liked it! It sent shivers down my spine! Thank you so much for entering!
LoA

Those damn character limits huh?
You could have had him feel the silk under is bound hands as a knee hit the padded roof above.
Just a thought… not that I’m picking at you ficlet or anything… no boxes please ;)

The problem with bound hands behind him while he’s lying on his back is that it’s immediately recognizable as to what’s going on. I wanted them bound in front of him so that he could slowly realize every facet of his situation. I think your idea of the knee is a good one that I didn’t think of though. Hmm, maybe I’ll re-write it this weekend.
And give the character a name while I’m at it. Kev is short for Kevin, yes?

lol, up Kevin so named because the last name is Irish. At one point I’m told it was O’Mullins… but somewhere along the way one of the ancestors dropped the “o”

Great job, had me twisting in my seat as soon and short walls led up to a ruffled trim. Gruesome and chilling. I’m okay with the loose hands thing, provided the taping is significant (like couple times around, ya know). It’d make sense that way that whoever did it just wanted to buy a few more minutes of silence in case he woke up during the burying process.
I mean, that’s what I might do if I was burying someone named Kevin.