Scarecrow Gods (53 page)
Authors: Weston Ochse
Tags: #Horror, #Good and Evil, #Disabled Veterans, #Fiction
Maxom slid his right arm from the sleeve attached to the metal rod. He moved his hand along his body towards the nubs of his legs and felt for the zipper that would release him from the suit. After a moment, he found it, and gripped the small sliver of metal between his fingers.
Perhaps there was a place in time where he could once again be that child running down the street, shooting bad guys from finger guns; never afraid, never even aware that real bad guys existed. Perhaps he could meet Bernie again, and revel in a great brawl, as they once again cleared the room at the Green Beret Sport Parachute Club, victorious and alive and in love with the red, white and blue. Perhaps he could relive that ambush and return to being that whole proud soldier who’d never lost a battle.
Maxom closed his eyes as he unzipped the bottom of the suit. He fell free, striking the cold slithering mass of maggots a moment later. As he began to sink, he soared free.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Weston Ochse (pronounced Oaks) lives in Southern Arizona. His work has won the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel in 2005, been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for Short Fiction in 2003 and won the Buffalo Screams International Film Festival Original Screenplay Competition in 2010. His work has also appeared in anthologies, magazines and professional writing guides. He thinks it’s damn cool that he’s had stories in comic books. His novels include
Blaze of Glory
(Bloodletting Books),
Empire of Salt
(Abaddon Books), and
Scarecrow Gods
(Delirium Books).
Visit his website at:
www.westonochse.com
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