Microhorror Writing Contest

Monsters From Corpses by KA Schultz

All these years, and how many fortunes were forked over in the name of let's call it aesthetics olde school?

You have no doubt heard the lines spoken, whispered perhaps, with maybe even a catch in the voice for some iota of mournful whatever.

"He looks asleep!"

"She looks so beautiful!"

"THIS is how I want to remember them!"

Memorable, sure. Memories, which so quickly get re-arranged, watered down, then pink-washed - sweetened up - so to speak.

Ordinary humans - regular schmoes who all of a sudden take on larger-than-life personas. Oh, how full of life they were! How they lit up EVERY room! How they will be SO missed!

Well, forget that. We know what beasts, what horrible, beastly creatures we really all are. Every last one of us. You are, after all, here, reading this...

The few who know, who get it, know all about me and my work. They come to me. To be more specific, they are brought to me.

But, by their own volition, and the contracts they will have signed and payments they will have made via my website, which, if you don't know how to find it, is not yours for the seeing.

Just as I, or rather, my handiwork, is not for everybody. It is, however, the best of its kind.

You see, I am The Undertaker. No, not just some mortician. I am THE Undertaker.

And this one here, is my most recent commission. I've dubbed her "The Muse."

Isn't she wonderful, as hideous and she is gloriously gruesome? This is my gig: to render fresh corpses - willing in life, compliant in death - into monstrosities of mortality. Expertly rendered, they "keep fresh" for months. Years, if suitably stored.

You are dismayed I won't give you more information? Because you get it too, and think this is how you'd like to be processed?

Well, sorry. But don't despair. Though not everyone is destined for let's call it my custom "treatment," I don't see why you shouldn't be able to enjoy a few of the fruits of my labors. You did, after all, make it this far...

To that end, shoot me a message via the email address below. And don't worry, it's not going to highjack you connectivity. Write me and I will send you a list of this year's so-called Haunted Houses, where this freshly crafted Monstress - along with a few other choice specimens - will be on display. There will be a non-disclosure form you will first have to fill out and send back, the reality being, these works are for discerning fans ONLY. Plus, I have a career and let's call it a "ripe portfolio" to protect.

Warning: I already know how to find you, so you really will need to keep quiet when you spot this one, or the others. If you spill even one word on this, I will know it.

Write me at: MonstersFromCorpses@gmail.com