It began with a finger. I relished the pain from the first slice. Warm blood ran down my palm as I pushed the blade deeper. Soon the digit left my body. I watched it fall with a pulsing vision of loss through waves of pain. But it invigorated me. Inspired me. I had to keep going.
Each additional cut gave me strength to endure the agony until it became pleasure. What I identified as a compulsion quickly became addiction. I couldn’t have stopped if I wanted to.
With few fingers and toes left, I went for more non-vital parts. The feeling of sawing through the cartilage of my nose roused heavenly sensation. Both ears undone felt divine. With each new loss of flesh, I felt more free, more alive. With each peel of the surface from my limbs, a burden was lifted.
It took time and effort, but eventually I severed one foot. As I started on its counterpart, the front door opened and in walked my wife. She wasn’t due home until late. I thought surprise would have been our matched reactions. But my eyes looked to hers, and hers to mine. We spoke no words—none were necessary.
She gently took the razor-sharp tool from my hand and began to work on herself.
∼ Lee Andrew Forman
© Copyright Lee Andrew Forman. All Rights Reserved.
Pen of the Damned 
This gave me the biggest goosebumps ever! So gloriously terrible…
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So creepy.
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Love it. Gloriously written. Can see it and feel it.
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WOW! Another winner! This reminds me of that Country song by Patsy Kline “I fall to pieces” –only this is “I cut off pieces” when I hear my name ….yes? That’s such a cool twist at the end. You’d think his wife would scream, but no.
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Ahh, true love
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