Tag: Bones
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THE COLLECTOR
I love to collect all sorts of things – badges, stamps, books, tacky souvenirs, even clothes and shoes. If I see something I like, I have to have it. With the cost of living crisis and losing my job, I can’t afford to buy all the nice things anymore, but when I see something I…
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SURVIVAL
I tried not to vomit as I peeled the fetid sock away from my foot. It came off in tattered patches, stuck to the putrid flesh underneath. The pain was excruciating. I had to look. It wasn’t my foot any longer. I didn’t recognise it. It was just a lump of red-purple meat. There were…
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CÂINE
‘What is it?’ Gheorghe asked, poking at the pieces with the end of his pen. ‘Bones, stripped bare of any flesh.’ answered Mihaela, the forensic officer in charge of the scene. ‘Human?’ ‘Canine.’ Small blessing, Gheorghe thought. He had worked for the UN at the end of the Bosnian war. He had seen mass graves…