Managed a most productive day today. Achieved 4,000 words on the WIP – some of them half-decent words too!
This attractive fellow was the inspiration for today’s two chapters:

And here follows a little snippet of today’s adventures:
Though the light was dim, it was enough to illuminate the horrors within the hut.
Every surface was slick with blood that gleamed black in the gloom. The wooden walls were streaked with arcs of brown blood, mostly dried, though in some places, were still moist and glistening. The hut was devoid of almost all furniture. Instead, thick ropes hung from the ceiling timbers, with great iron hooks on their ends. Every hook was buried in a slab of meat that hung heavily on a slowly twining rope. Most of the meat had been hacked, and sharp edged bones protruded from red, wet joints, but a couple of slabs had yet to be cut and cured…
…and they were still very obviously human.
The trio stood in stunned silence staring at the hanging mutilated bodies. The drone of flies hummed in Abigail’s ears, nearly as pervasive as the stench that cloyed in her nostrils. Using a part of her mind that needed cold logic to keep the horror at bay, Abigail quickly counted the hanging slabs. She lost count at a dozen, distracted as her gaze raked across the bloated blackened face of a little boy. His milky eyes bugged open, and copious maggots crawled out of his mouth and into his nose.
Abigail turned and vomited.
Cheerio!
Oooooooooooh …. intriguing.
And that monster is….a looker.
💋💜
(All your words are fab xx)
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Thanks sweetie
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Excellent! If I had less of a constitution, it might have made me vomit as well.
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Haha, good! Goal achieved 😁
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Holy freakin’ . . . wow, good excerpt!
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Thanks Priscilla 😁
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Ewww! And now I think I’ll skip breakfast. 😉
Congrats on the fab word count. Creepy pic and excerpt!
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Thanks Mae! I hope you weren’t having sausages for brekky 😉
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YIKES! I don’t think I could ever eat them again 😉
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🤣
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Ha ha ha. Sorry to be laughing at this amazingly gross scene, but this is so… Jess! As horrific as possible and no holds barred. Love it!
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Haha! I love that you get me D 😁
Trust me, there was a WORSE scene written yesterday but I can’t share that one (spoilers) 😊
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To be honest, it’s kind of refreshing when an author goes for it rather than plays it safe. 🙂
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😁
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That was.. visceral. Great word count today.
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Thanks Craig – it’s amazing what you can pull off on a whole day with no distractions (read, no husband at home) 😁
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Exactly where I make word count.
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You’re killing it, Jess. Great excerpt and word count!
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Thanks Staci 🤗
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