We Are Monsters (2015)
“It was like listening to a drowning snake—the words slithered through severed pipes. They gurgled and bubbled in stagnant blood. Every utterance was a violent choking heard more through the gaping neck than the moving mouth. And every utterance was an admonishment.
Jerry swung his legs out over the bunk; his head teetered precariously on his severed neck. His eyes were clear and focused. And angry. They were leveled on Alex, and they never wavered.
There was a hitch in Jerry’s speech, a...s though he were struggling to suck in air that wasn’t there. “You made…” gurgle, gasp, “…me…” gurgle, gasp, “…imagine him.” Gurgle, gasp. “Him!” Gurgle, gasp. “And…” gurgle, gasp, “…he came.”
Alex was paralyzed in place. Jerry could come off the bunk and kill him and Alex would never move. The stark terror of the moment was beyond fight or flight. He would prefer to be struck dead.
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Jerry swung his legs out over the bunk; his head teetered precariously on his severed neck. His eyes were clear and focused. And angry. They were leveled on Alex, and they never wavered.
There was a hitch in Jerry’s speech, a...s though he were struggling to suck in air that wasn’t there. “You made…” gurgle, gasp, “…me…” gurgle, gasp, “…imagine him.” Gurgle, gasp. “Him!” Gurgle, gasp. “And…” gurgle, gasp, “…he came.”
Alex was paralyzed in place. Jerry could come off the bunk and kill him and Alex would never move. The stark terror of the moment was beyond fight or flight. He would prefer to be struck dead.
“Who did?”MoreLess
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