gore bonanza
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Carefully, Philip unfolded his arms. He winced at the dull ache. The sickeningly sweet, disgusting smell of rotten flesh became second nature to his senses, except Philip found now that the smell had worsened considerably. How long was he asleep for? Certainly not long enough for Caleb’s decomposition to get that much worse...
Boiling rain pounded the earth outside his cave in a constant thrum. Above him came the sick symphony of buzzing flies. Philip groaned again. Despite the shiver claiming his body, he rolled up the sleeve to his loose cotton undershirt; he thought that the sensation of the damp fabric clinging to his sensitive skin would drive him mad. Sweat coated his body like a disgusting film. His mind felt light and hazy.
Then Philip realized something. The smell that assaulted his senses was not that of carrion as he originally thought—this smell was fresher, more putrid and sour.
And it came from him.
(After a week straight of boiling rain traps Philip in his workshop with Caleb’s corpse, Philip learns why the citizens of the Boiling Isles usually cremate their dead.)
My•ia•sis (noun) -
The infection of fly larvae in human tissue.Series
- Part 1 of gore bonanza
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From the loosely packed, humid earth clawed ghostly hands, one after the other. Frantically they cleared the soil, making way for the matted, blond head that followed. Deathly skinny shoulders came next, the discs and vertebrae visible through practically translucent skin.
The creature—the first Grimwalker born by Philip’s hand—was the size of a ten-year-old child. It moved without hindrance and with precise coordination as it freed itself from its grave. Aside from how skinny it was, so far it seemed to be an excellent first attempt.
Pride swelled in a dark corner of Philip’s heart, muted against all the other emotions flooding him. He had succeeded in an ugly and impossible task; he had raised life from death. There was little now that stood between him and God.
That thought made him smile slightly.
Philip then welcomed his Grimwalker to the world with the heavy swing of a shovel delivered to the back of its head.
(Philip has questions about his new Grimwalker that he intends to answer.)
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The practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research.Series
- Part 2 of gore bonanza