Inside – Day 7
Pressure, there is so much pressure building behind my eyes. My head feels like it’s going to burst. So many of them have returned to my skull – I feel them packed in there like the woolen stuffing of a doll. For some reason this thought makes me laugh. Stuffed like a doll I am with crawling monsters gnawing away at my insides. More laughter, hysterical this time. I hear it as if from a distance, but know it is emanating from my own cracked and swollen lips, my own cracked and damaged mind. The laughter gives me energy, makes them crazy. I can feel their panicked agitation escalate with the flow of what little blood is left in me.
Heaving the rest of my body into the tub, my swollen and infested carcass is wracked with uncontrollable convulsions. A stream of small creatures emerge with the spittle that I cough up. They scurry for the darkness of the drain. Lifting one foot, I manage to flip the hot water tap on. Immediately they begin to scale my body and climb my flesh to escape the torrid flow.
Twisting, contorting and clawing my way around, I manage to turn my body so that my head is closer to the near boiling stream. It is excruciating, gloriously agonizing. I rip handfuls of my own hair from my head, and stuff them into the drain effectively clogging it to trap the scalding water in the basin with me – with them!
Delirious as I am, a small voice in the back of my mind whispers that I may be imagining all of this, but as my flesh peels back from bone and sinew, and the smell of steaming meat assaults my nostrils, I can’t help but feel that I have finally won. They will die along with me in agony and pain. My final act – to slide shut the glass doors, trapping them in the swiftly filling watery grave I’ve chosen for us all.
Eyes that sparkle and shine in the darkest recesses of the mind!
Come with me over the next week, as I spin my tale for Coffin Hop 2012. This will be a story told day by day – on the final day, encapsulated into one post.
In honor of the tour, I’ll be giving away a goodie per day to one random recipient who leaves a comment on each post. My prizes will come in the form of e-books, print copies, eZines, and an unending subscription to The Sirens Call eZine as well. (plus there may be a rubber duckie or two) All prizes will be randomly selected on November 1st, as per the Coffin Hop guidelines found here on my Coffin Hop 2012 page, along with a list of the other bloggers. Please don’t forget to visit the Coffin Hop Blog for news, updates, delirious ramblings, and magnificent posts from the other bloggers as well!
Nina D'Arcangela
Sotet Angyal 
October 30th, 2012 at 3:35 am
Holy crap! I have goosebumps and I’m regretting having read that at night… Oh, gee. I hope I don’t have nightmares. Great job, Nina!
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October 30th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
Thank you Georgina! I love a ‘Holy crap’ comment!! Doesn’t get much better than that! LOL (and I hope you slept well) ;}
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October 30th, 2012 at 7:56 am
I cannot believe I am about to get in my shower… The hair in the drain, that’s what’s getting to me about this installment. Hair clogging drains grosses me out, with how it gets so slimy and turns white with soap scum – eew!
-aniko
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October 30th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
You know, I was thinking to myself ‘with all that golden hair piled on Aniko’s head, I bet the clogged drain will wig her out the most’! LOL
Somehow, I don’t think ‘soap scum’ will be the worst of this drain cleaning… Thanks for reading & eww’ing ;}
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October 30th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Your bathtub scene was eerily descriptive! I may NEVER take a bath again. Happy Halloween!!
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October 30th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Thank you Carrie! When I was a kid, I used to stare down the drain waiting for something to crawl out. Mom said I was weird – I guess she was right!
Happy Halloween to you too! ;}
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October 30th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
I think I did that once or twice! Creepy scary!!!! I’m gonna have nightmares. 😉
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October 30th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
So creepy AND crawly! 🙂
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October 30th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Coming back up the drain to clamor over your Damned toes! LMAO Thank for stopping by Joe! ;}
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October 30th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Great, scary excerpts!
Thanks!
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October 30th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Thank you Liese, glad you enjoyed them! ;}
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October 30th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Great….now how am I going to take a bath. Thanks for giving me the creeps and keep it up.
lindahl
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October 30th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
You are more than welcome, Lindahl! Thanks for taking the time to read my demented ramble ;}
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October 30th, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Brill!! But then you know how much I love the entire story 😉
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October 30th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Spanks chickie! This was a fun one – too bad I couldn’t work some violence in though, oh well… *sigh* LMAO!!! ;}
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October 30th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
There are some that may look at violence differently than you… Those things, crawling in your body could be seen as violent – heck hacking them up is a violent act. Embrace the differential definitions 😉
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October 30th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Sure, sure! You just want to tame me! LOL 😉
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October 30th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
You’re just reeling us in like the prize catch we are, aren’t you? Fantastic ride, Nina. I will definitely be back to read it all in one gulp, but somehow I just think this serialization makes it that much more special. I tell you what; I’m just going to shut up and take the ride. You’re a master at this.
-Jimmy
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