The first short story I ever sold, way back when I was 23 years old. I dredged it up from the depths of the internet, as all other traces had long since vanished from my hard drives.

This story was written for the second contest of @Fantasci. The prompt they offered was interesting: there are two lovers, one has turned evil, and the other is charged with defeating them. Oh, and it had to be under 2k words. As I was turning over what angle I would take in writing this contest entry this story leaped fully formed into my mind. The scene was so vivid I managed to churn out the story in a single day while trapped in a busy office . . . when I should have been working on other things. Please don't tell my boss. Highest Ranking - #51 in Science Fiction, reached 6/22/2016