Bruce Blake - Yardwork

“Let me get my shoes on. I’ll be right there.”

Both hands resting on the end of the shovel’s handle, Tim set his chin on top of his hands and looked down into the hole. His father’s slack face showed through the dirt, soil clogging his ear and smeared around the ragged edge of his neck where the hack saw had taken it from his body. In the dark, Tim found it easy to imagine his flaccid visage frozen in an expression of surprise, both at what he had done and the fact he was capable of doing it. His eldest son had proven far more gifted than he’d ever thought and he would wear that expression of surprise forever. All the way to Hell.

Tim smiled.

Bruce Blake lives in a small town on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. When pressing issues like shovelling snow and building igloos don’t take up his spare time, Bruce can be found taking the dog sled to the nearest cafe to work on his short stories and novels.

Actually, Chemainus, B.C. is only a couple hours north of Seattle, Wash., where more rain is seen than snow. Bruce is the father of two and trophy husband of burlesque diva Miss Rosie Bitts. He spends too much time working a traditional job and not enough time writing but hopes to change all that soon.

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