The Nazi's And The Green River Killer.
It had been almost 5 years since the colonel had ordered me to kill Hitler’s 1st mistress. Normaly i would be killing men who were truly evil, by lining their…
Virtuous Villains
An old writing instructor of mine claimed that the most believable villains are the ones who really believe that what they do is good. Write a story about a villain whose actions are viewed are evil in the eyes of the narrator, but who views himself as the good guy, whether he is misguided, acting on imperfect information, using a different ethical calculus, is just on the "wrong" side of a dispute that is not black-and-white, or for any other clever reason you can think of.
Challengers
7 entriesOnly Kill Bad People
When I was eleven I was thrilled to read about my exploits in the newspaper. I had cut the throats of six stray dogs in the neighborhood. But the papers got it…
Stockholm Syndrome
They were killing her, those three. They made her their slave. She was such a compassionate woman. She would give and give until she simply gave out. I saw the…
The road to heaven
I did my part. My father used his position in the party to get me appointed to the SS. We were the elite. The best of our race. Given the task of protecting…
Fred's Day
*And it came to pass* that the Reverend Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, died and went unto his heavenly reward. Verily, Fred had…
Giving over to the Dark Side
“I have done as you asked my lord.” He was on his knees trembling. “I have forever cut my Earthly bonds. “I killed my parents in their sleep and ate their…
A soldiers duty
I did my part. My father used his position in the party to get me appointed to the NKVD rather than the Red Army, those bastards. Oh I know, you’re surprised…