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    2020 Book Two: Twisted Stories/Unhinged Poems
    2020 Book Two: Twisted Stories/Unhinged Poems
    2020 Book Two: Twisted Stories/Unhinged Poems
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    2020 Book Two: Twisted Stories/Unhinged Poems

    By Matthew Tonks

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    You hold in your hands a piece of a puzzle far grander than you could ever know. For scrawled in blood upon the pages are stories twisted twenty in all, soaked in the embers of my insanity. Five minutes to glimpse inside the eyes of someone new, five minutes to answer, five minutes to sin, five minutes to do almost anything. A god, a demon, a harlot, a whore. A fascist, a killer, a sinner, a door. Death and division, humanity askew. A belfry of bats, a sea of black cats, so many moments out there to see, so many things you could see with me. So take a seat beside me and call it voodoo, because now you ride with me too...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatthew Tonks
    Release dateMar 28, 2020
    ISBN9780463942376
    2020 Book Two: Twisted Stories/Unhinged Poems
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    Matthew Tonks

    Together we ride the steed of madness, along a road long foretold. Do not let the dire consequences scare you from this journey, for it is written, so it must be. We traveller. We explorers of otherworldly things. Let us share our providence, so we may all prosper.Hidden in the depths of it all, you will find your utopia, and it will be a beautiful sight to witness.For I may walk beside you, and I may carry your umbrella in the sun, just don’t expect me to dig you up, when the zombie apocalypse comes...

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      2020 Book Two - Matthew Tonks

      The Stories

      Father and Sons

      You’ve finally taken it too far Howard! We are not meant to be a God, we are to be his servants. Kill it! Kill this abomination before things are taken out of your hands! David says through clenched teeth as he points at Simon.

      Howard grabs David’s arm and thrusts him away. HOW DARE YOU CALL MY CHILD AN ABOMINATION! HOW DARE YOU CALL FOR ME TO KILL THE FUTURE! Howard runs a shaking hand through his hair, pulling at it in frustration. What I do, I do so the threats that plague our very existence can disappear. Simon is the most important child that has been birthed since man first discovered how to facilitate his own orgasm, and I will not let you, or anyone else endanger his existence. Howard says as he pulls a revolver from his coat pocket and raises it towards David. If you make me choose, it will be him over you.

      You can’t be serious, you would choose that thing over ME! I am your flesh and blood! I am your FATHER!

      That thing has a name, and if you choose to ignore it again, I’ll show you what’s more important to me. he says passionately, thrusting the gun towards David like a knife. Simon is my SON. He is made from OUR deoxyribonucleic acid, and he is the most important scientific advancement since we began reattaching severed limbs. The blood that bonds us is nothing more than clinical at best father, so don’t try and pull at the heart strings of something you have cared little for in the past fourteen years!

      I know it is foolish for me to say this, but he is not your son, he is a lab rat. You need to truly understand that, before you do something that endangers everything I’ve worked towards. Ev…. he doesn’t get to finish as Howard fires the gun. The bullet strikes David in the shoulder and sends him crashing to the ground.

      Simon is everything you’ve worked for, and the sooner you understand that the better.

      D-D-D-Daddy, slurs Simon through a drool filled mouth as he drags himself along the floor towards where David lies.

      MY GOD! David hisses as he clutches his bloody shoulder. It lives?

      Don’t we all father, Howard says as he stands above David, his revolver aimed towards him. Life finds a way no matter what we do. Like all things, Simon was an experiment at first, but then I discovered I had created life, one free from all the ravages the human body has been invaded with. Simon is pure perfection, and indestructible, Howard says as he quickly turns the gun towards Simon and fires at him several times, each bullet fails to penetrate the flesh.

      W-W-What h-hav-have you done?

      I’ve created the next evolutionary step for mankind, an unbreakable body free from disease, free from failure. I’ve designed a genome that not only creates, but when required will also destroy. he says as David feels something grip his arm, desperately he looks down to see a human hand protruding from the back of a baby pig, gripping him tightly. He screams in terror as the hand fuses itself to him, and slowly he feels his world shut down. He turns back to Howard, his mouth hanging open and his eyes screaming at him in terror.

      Howard smiles as he tilts his head to the side, observing his father’s final moments. We are but all experiments father, you and I. Simon will know the freedom you failed to give me, for he is my son, and I love him. he says as he places the revolvers barrel to David’s skull. You created me in this lab, and now I will complete the circle of life and uncreate you with the same intent, to better the future. he says as he pulls the trigger, his voice void of emotion.

      Code Six Bravo

      He looks down at the tablets screen, then up at the number on the side of the house, and back down to the tablet.

      "This is the right address, Thirty-Six West Bentley. Code violator is a Michael Right, twenty-four

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