| Author: | Cynthia Scott | ISBN: | 9781310241963 |
| Publisher: | Flyleaf Inc. | Publication: | April 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Cynthia Scott |
| ISBN: | 9781310241963 |
| Publisher: | Flyleaf Inc. |
| Publication: | April 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
"She rubbed her eyes twice when she saw the hand. It lay between the rows of collard greens, gray and waxen, cut clean at the wrist, with dull fingernails, clenched fingers, and clotted blood around the clean, white bone. It looked like something for sale at a Halloween store, something trickster children might use to scare the bejeezus out of little old ladies, except that it wasn't made of rubber. Flies buzzed around it and black ants trooped over it, tearing its flesh with their powerful mandibles and carrying away the bits to God knew where..."
"She rubbed her eyes twice when she saw the hand. It lay between the rows of collard greens, gray and waxen, cut clean at the wrist, with dull fingernails, clenched fingers, and clotted blood around the clean, white bone. It looked like something for sale at a Halloween store, something trickster children might use to scare the bejeezus out of little old ladies, except that it wasn't made of rubber. Flies buzzed around it and black ants trooped over it, tearing its flesh with their powerful mandibles and carrying away the bits to God knew where..."
