The Untimely Death of Jimmy Gums (3 page)

Had he not been so focused on his grievous beating (and were his ears not ringing from the shots fired), perhaps William would have noticed the arm, the final functioning part of Jimmy Gums’ anatomy, before it could reach out and vise his neck just as it had done of the younger Zatel.

Following a gargled scream, the forest was at last silent. The trees watched on and the night was sated, having claimed the flesh of its share of killers for one evening.

Notes

Hi everyone. Thanks for reading this story. I’m happy to have been able to share it with you.

If you enjoyed this one, please check out my most recent story collection “Chasing the Sandman,” from whence this particular story came. I’ve also got the three novels “The Sensationally Absurd Life and Times of Slim Dyson,” “The Missing Link,” and “Dead and Moaning in Las Vegas,” and the horror novella collection “The Graveyard Shift,” all of which were co-authored with my best friend, Bryan Pedas. Together we also co-write the humor blog/web-comic
www.abeerfortheshower.com
.

If you have any questions, comments, or love/hate mail you’d like to send, you can always reach me at
[email protected]
.

Cheers,

-Brandon

About the Author

Brandon Meyers lives and writes in colorful Colorado. He is author of the horror short story collection
Chasing the Sandman
and co-author of the novels
The Missing Link
,
The Dead Don’t Play Slots
,
The Sensationally Absurd Life and Times of Slim Dyson, The Graveyard Shift
and the humor blog/web-comic
A Beer for the Shower
. Someday he will grow up and get a real job. Brandon can be reached at
[email protected]
.