Mors Mortis Invictus
This is the six installment in The 1001 series. It is an experiment in realtime writing, none of this is pre-conceived or pre-meditated, I want to see how far I can push a story without stopping to build the characters, or to plot out a proper tale. Some are brief, some are long and elaborate.
For the previous stories, go here: 1001 Tales Category
And now…
Mors Mortis Invictus
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Shit.
The thought coalesced in this mind with the clarity of a blinding light suddenly switched on in the middle of a pitch black forest.
That one word summed up the reality of what was happening to him, what he was doing to himself and what he could now see so clearly.
They had heard the scream, and they had come running, all four of them with their mother in tow. Something was wrong. Daddy needed their help.
They reached the compound and suddenly stopped. A frozen moment of shock and disbelief passed… just a moment, and then the screaming began.
His body dropped to the ground, soundlessly, wordlessly, crumpling lifelessly.
His right hand hit the ground last, uncurling from the firm unbreakable grip they had held just a few seconds ago, twitching with regret.
He chocked on his own blood and bits of vomit, feeling the hot contents of his bowel trickle down his buttocks.
And he realised, as his eyes clouded over that this was the last memory they would have of him.
And they needed him more than ever.
Shit.
What had he done?
January 13th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
i think that so far, i like this one best.
January 13th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Are these socks still here for me after ranting over at Igis’s?
January 13th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Damn YZ
DK, Mortis? That word rhymes with Rigor. Rigor Mortis…
January 13th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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January 13th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
my gd! horrror shock! are you signing up for my blogers anthology do go to my blog and vote on the article before the one on now labeled ‘attention you guys’
January 13th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
…Poor Mortis Peribous
January 13th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Err, yes… what exactly had he done?
January 13th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Your writing blinds me with so much…so much…damn!
January 13th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
@yz, thanks.
@Cheri, No, apparently the socks were taken
and yes, Mortis, Rigor Mortis is the whole muscle stiffening thing at death, Mors Mortis Invictus is an amalgamation of words meaning death unconquered.
@Lulu, thank you. I already signed up as Solomon King.
@TRP, indeed.
@Mamapete, read betwixt the lines
@Erqiue, I’ll take that as a complement.
January 13th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
the six instalment?! Really, DK?
Just had to point that out. Now I can go read.
*beatific smile*
January 13th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Err, what HAD he done?
January 14th, 2009 at 11:07 am
@Princess, first *blush*, second, come on people, read betwixt the lines!!
January 14th, 2009 at 11:28 am
reading reading reading! between the lines! still not getting. maybe you would like to specify which lines :-))
January 15th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Great suspense…
January 15th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
“His right hand hit the ground last, uncurling from the firm unbreakable grip they had held just a few seconds ago, twitching with regret.”
he killed himself with his right hand?
January 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
LOL!!! You guys are killing me here. Pun intended.
January 17th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Alcohol? Drugs?
January 18th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
It’s a 1001 Tale, so I’ll leave the interpretation open.