Mr. Suicide
Bram Stoker Award 2015.
Cover art and design by Zach McCain.
Like everyone else in the world, you’ve wanted to do things people say you shouldn’t do.
How many times in your life have you wanted to slap someone? Really, literally strike them? You can’t even begin to count the times. Hundreds. Thousands. You’re not exaggerating. You’re not engaging in… whatchamacallit? Hyperbole? You’re not engaging in hyperbole.
Maybe the impulse flashed through your brain for only a moment, like lightning, when someone tried to skip ahead of you in line at the cafeteria. Hell, at more than one point in your life you’ve wanted to kill someone; really, literally kill someone. That’s not just an expression. Not hyperbole. Then it was gone and replaced by the civilized thought: You can’t do that. Not out in public.
But you’ve had the thought...
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Nicole Cushing
Nicole Cushing is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of multiple stand-alone novellas and dozens of short stories. Her work has been praised by the pop culture websites Ain’t It Cool News and Famous Monsters of Filmland. Several of her stories have been selected as honorable mentions (long list) for Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year series. Her first full-length short story collection, The Mirrors, is also slated for publication in 2015. A native of Maryland, she now lives with her husband in Indiana. She’s active online and welcomes contact with readers via Facebook and Twitter.
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