Welcome to day two of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the 
darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy.
Blood
Blood. Blood everywhere. Gallons of it.
On the floor, the walls. My clothes and hair are soaked, and my skin is covered in a warm layer.
I didn’t realise a person contained this much blood. If I had have known, would I still have done it?
Of course.
I would have planned it better though. There wouldn’t have been this much mess.
I hate mess and I hate things out of place.
My final thoughts are eaten up by things I hate.
The blood everywhere is messy, and the razor blade fell to the floor on the second wrist…
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It’s a bit close to the bone….next time consider doing everyone a favour by slicing up in the tub
It would certainly be less messy!
Ending with a twist! 🙂 I thought she had murdered someone else. I can just picture all that blood!
Yeah, I wouldn’t like to be the one to clean that room!
Now that’s dark…
John Holton
Thank you 🙂
For some reason, this made me think of an episode of Breaking Bad, where the character, Jesse, got in over his head while trying to get rid of a body.
I haven’t seen Breaking Bad, I keep meaning to start and then not getting around to it!
In the words of Lady MacBeth “Out, Out, Damned spot!”
Great quote for this one!
I thought she’d murdered someone else too. Great twist at the end!
Thank you 🙂
Oh I love the twist at the end! Can’t wait to read C! X
Thank you, glad you liked it 🙂 x
Someone has killed someone and is astonished at the act he or she committed.
Good snippet.
Shalom,
Patricia
Thank you 🙂
Ouch 🙁
That sums it up nicely!
Holy mess! (pun intended) Now this was amazing! I’m always amazed by an author’s ability to tell a compelling story in very few words. You’ve definitely done this. I love how the person’s final thoughts are consumed with how they hate mess and disorder. Definitely a type A personality!
Thank you so much, I’m glad you liked the piece. Definitely a type A!
That was a great piece. I thought that the person had murdered someone else at first but I was wrong.
The visuals were stunning.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
All I can say is, if you were going for depressing, you nailed it.
Romance Author Piper Presley
I was going for dark, so yeah I think depressing is covered within that so thank you 🙂
This is so good, it made me queasy. (I don’t do well with blood.)
Thank you, and sorry!
That is a lot of depth in 100 words. Very dark and yet not as much despair as there could have been, because of the hate. Most interesting take – nicely done.
Tasha
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Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I wanted to something a little different than despair, I’m glad that came across
I thought the person was talking about themselves, but you gave interesting food for thought that the last thoughts were about things they hated. While it was dark, it captured me right away and held me to the end. Nice job.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it
Well done once again. The twist is powerful.
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
It would seem that you slit both your wrists , so how come you’re still alive to tell the tale ? Or did I miss a dot somewhere ?
Dark and messy ….
It’s the final thoughts while the narrator is bleeding out. Thank you 🙂
I can picture all the blood eek!
Yeah it would be rather messy!
Nice post! I enjoyed finding your blog through the A to Z Blog Challenge. Good luck with A to Z!
Trisha Faye
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
Okay, I guess I’m a bit of a wuss because I cannot stand the sight of blood nor the thought of it. I don’t watch gory movies because I get nightmares easily… so I really didn’t read most of your Post, but I get the gist of things. Sorry I’m more of witches and goblins and ghosts and magic stories not blood and gore. Have a wonderful weekend my friend and a great day.
Sorry, I don’t want to make anyone feel queasy! There won’t be any more blood and gore so you can relax lol 🙂 You have a great weekend too, thanks for visiting.
Very dark! I loved it. Great twist, I agree!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
haha good use of B: here I am typing about a lack of blood and over here you seem to have too much of it 😀
Lol, thank you, it was too good an opportunity to not use blood for B! Between us maybe we have just the right amount then 🙂
Another awesomely dark story. Great job again!
Thank you Jen 🙂
I felt both suspense and sadness while reading this. I hope there’s still time for the narrator to be saved!
Thank you 🙂 It’s possible I hope!
Good work on the twist. I haven’t read all the other comments but I’m imagining you managed to use the red herring to catch most of us.
Once again, nice work. 🙂
Thank you 🙂 Yes it seems most people thought murder first!
Now, that’s a twist … and a bit of sadness, too.
Thank you 🙂
nicely done. Very macabre.
Thank you 🙂
You had me thinking it was a serial killer, but you went somewhere much darker.
~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
A few people said they thought it was a murder!
I guess I’m not alone in thinking it was a murder until the very end. Nice job. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Vivid, and kept me guessing. Great payoff at the end, too – and that’s a lot for 100 words to do!
I think we need the shadows to enjoy the light. I’ll be back!
Boldly Going Through the Alphabet!
@shanjeniah
Part-Time Minion for Holton’s Heroes
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it and I hope you like the rest! I love what you say about needing shadows to enjoy the light, it’s so true 🙂
I like the twist ending!
Thank you 🙂
A bloody flash fiction. Chilly!
Thank you 🙂
This reminds me of a woman who got into a fight with her husband, cleaned her house, and went outside to shoot herself, so she wouldn’t get blood in the house.
There is somehow a strange kind of logic to that!
Definitely not well-planned. You really took me by surprise though with that punchline. I guess I had murder on my mind!
Gail’s 2016 April A to Z Challenge
I think a lot of people did 🙂
Ouch, a bit close to home this one. I’m too tired right now to be surprised by the twist. Wasn’t thinking into it at all, just enjoying the ride. Really liked it though. Glad I came across this on the AtoZ hashtag on twitter!
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
Wow! Debbie, being here is like playing a mind game. When I read the first sentence, I thought those words to be from a baby who just came out of a womb. The twist, suspense, thrill reading the lines made me so good.
@SarahVamshi from The Tin Trunk
Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I can see how this could be a baby, there would certainly be a lot of blood!
Yikes! I was wondering who all that blood belonged to.
It sure was a lot! Thanks for visiting 🙂
Wow that’s powerful stuff and a bit close to the mark for me, but my semicolon is a mark I’m proud of. It’s hard but important to write about these things
Thank you. I hope this didn’t stir up painful memories for you. It is hard but I think while this sort of topic remains taboo, people in this place feel all the more isolated and that needs to stop.
Love this! Dark and angsty is my kind of genre. x #anythinggoes
Thank you 🙂 I’ve got a dark piece going out everyday in April (except Sundays) x
Whoa. Haunting with a twist. I also thought that the narrator murdered someone at first. I feel the same way about this one as “Always”, your writing is so graphic novel-esque. I am enjoying this.
Thank you, I’m really glad you’re enjoying them! I hope you like the rest if you stop by 🙂
This is great! In the beginning I thought of someone committing a murder but by the end I thought of someone attempting suicide with the cutting of the wrist but didn’t go through with it because of all the blood.#anythinggoes
Thank you 🙂 A lot of people thought murder at first 🙂
what a fantastic concept. I look forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the letters. I’m guessing that the stories aren’t connected to each other?
Thank you, I hope you enjoy them! No they aren’t connected, just of a similar theme 🙂
Yikes. Very troubling.
Thank you!
Oh, I thought it was murder. It seems I’m wrong.
A lot of people thought that at first!
Eeep, this gave me chills. Wasn’t expecting that twist at all. So few words but a very powerful little tale x #anythinggoes
Thank you, sorry for the chills 😉 x
Wee! That’s creepy!! Love it, I do love a good thriller, even at 100 words!! I am also in the club of people thinking the protagonist had murdered someone else! Can’t wait for tomorrow’s! Xxx
Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying the stories 🙂 x
That’s great, I thought it was going to be a murder, slightly more traumatic as it self harm ! Good job #AnythingGoes
Thank you 🙂 A lot of people thought murder!
Murder or suicide? I’m going with murder because he hates a mess and if its a suicide he/she wouldn’t really be bothered with the mess now would they? It wouldn’t be their mess to clean? It would be someone else’s mess? Dark and Disturbing. I’ve had the benefit of reading your series in reverse order so this one didn’t seem too dark to me. Don’t get me wrong. It’s fantastic writing and it’s dark, but I’ve read your other letters and I know that they get even darker as you go. You are a very talented writer. I’m eager to read each one.
Melissa Sugar
Yes, I think this one is actually quite tame in comparison to the next few, as long as you’re not squeamish about blood lol. Thank you 🙂
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I think a lot of people thought that! Thank you 🙂 x
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