Not Another Monster

Three Fifty Word Tales, 1 story. First published on my Hive Blog

Not Another Monster

“I’m not just another monster!”

A rancid smear of blood, flesh and slime coats the creature’s humongous fangs.

It belches.

I can smell Ian.

“But you ate my best friend!” I stammer.

A single tear wells in its eye.

“He betrayed you,” it sniffs. “We could be friends… couldn’t we?”

Stress

“You can’t just replace Ian with that!

The stress on her last word isn’t lost on my new friend. His spikes bristle, teeth protrude.

“Be nice,” I tell Becky. “He really is adorable when you get to know him.”

And, I think. Perhaps, you won’t be tempted to kiss him!

Not My Shrink

“You’re suffering from paranoid delusions. The violent murders of Ian, and Becky—”

The creature rips a hole in the psychiatrist’s throat and the sentence dies.

As does the shrink.

“Not again!” I complain, wiping blood from my face. “You can’t keep killing people!”

“It’s in our nature,” the monster shrugs.

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