Sometimes I am lucky and discover stories that stay in mind for a long time. I thought of these two short stories by Shauna Klein while I was looking from some extreme horror to write about. I will warn you that these stories contain extreme sex, violence and language.
First up is Peaceable Kingdom
Krista is not in a good mood.
She lost her job just because she refused to put down a dog. What’s with people anyway?
The little pug never asked for this. The owner just didn’t want to be bothered with her anymore and brought her in to be put down.
It went against all that is good to kill a dog for no reason other than that.
So it cost her a job. She’ll get another.
“It’s one thing if your pet is sick, but just because you’re tired of it is ridiculous.”
Krista raids the vet clinic for supplies to take care of the pug and to get the things she will need to spay Piper.
It was more difficult than she imagined, and very bloody. She closed up the incision and hoped for the best.
“I only want what’s best for you but you’ll forgive me if I screw a few things up, won’t you?”
This is a very short story with a Huge surprise ending. Extreme horror at its best.
Peaceable Kingdom left a lasting impression on me. The ending is a shocker and there is no way you can prepare for it.
Next up
It really happened. Zombies.
We’ve all read the books and seen the movies, but didn’t believe it would possibly happen. But it did.
Michelle wished she could go back to the mundane tasks of worrying about which bills to pay, grocery shopping and even cleaning the house. Instead she has to worry about how to avoid the zombies while scavenging for food and water.
And she has a bigger problem. Her husband Mike has cancer. Treatment didn’t work and now he is dying.
Bitter that she will be left all alone to try to survive, she comes up with what she thinks is a solution.
“All I have to do is get him bitten by one of them and he’ll stay with me for a while, maybe forever.” she thought.
Stop right there!
What is this woman thinking?
Who in their right mind would want a zombie for a husband?
This story is well written and thought out. A lot goes on in such a limited amount of pages.
The zombies are truly nasty and Shauna’s descriptions take you right to the scene, smelling the disgusting odors and seeing the rotting dead.
You’ll be squirming in your seat and looking away from the pages just like when you don’t want to see something in a movie. You know how you hold your hands over your eyes at a particularly scary or gruesome scene in a movie, peeking through your fingers to see if it is safe to watch again? That’s what I did with this book.
Make A Wish is a tale of desperation and a really bad idea. It leaves you wondering, what in the world was she thinking? Was she even thinking?
I enjoy reading short stories and appreciate how difficult it must be to get an idea across with a limited amount of words.
Take a bow Shauna Klein. You made me shudder, and that is no small thing for me!
I had the pleasure of reading a rough draft of Shaun’s next work in progress and can tell you that she has another twisted tale to shock and surprise you.
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