A Knife's Tale (ONC 2021)
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*ONC 2021 Shortlist and Ambassador's Pick*
For 200 years, Victor Cunningham has lived as a soul trapped within a common kitchen knife after a fortune-teller cursed him. The curse keeps his blade unbreakable and sharp but makes his life unimaginably dull. Sure, there's been brief moments of excitement, but he's spent more time lodged in a block of wood than anything.
But, Victor's current owner is a rather unsavory fellow with a dungeon basement. Victor spends his days lying on a wooden bench in the company of bloodied pliers, shears, and scalpels. He never knows the next time he'll have to stab another innocent person.
When the killer brings Guinevere Thomas, a young psychic, and chains her into the basement, Victor finally finds someone he can communicate with after all of his miserable years.
And all he hopes for is to cheer her up before the killer forces him through her heart.
PROMPT #4
You're a weapon, and weapons don't weep.
WARNINGS: Violence, gore, depictions of murder, people kept in captivity, torture and maybe a few other things later on.
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