50wordstories.ca » pain https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Chainsaw, part 2 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=391 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=391#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:57:16 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=391 This is a sequel to one of the first stories I posted on this blog.

He’d sawed off his leg to escape the zombies.  Fortunately, he still had his trusty chainsaw.

He locked himself inside an empty store and stopped to rest.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his left arm: an infected scratch.

Survival ended up costing him an arm and a leg.

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Run.
Run.
Stop.
Pant.
Breathe.
Scream.
Run.
Run.
Run.
Stop.
Door!
Open.
Light!
Burns!
See.
People.
Frozen.
Confused…
Touch.
Hard?
Yes.
Statues.
Impressed.
Look.
Movement!
Run.
Catch!
Kid?
Midget?
Leprechaun?
Goblin!
Icky…
Bitten!
Scream!
Pain.
Disappeared.
Where?
Door.
Slam!
Lock.
Walk.
Open?
Locked.
Numbness…
Slowing…
Immobile.
Stuck!
Statue.

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