I Kill Killers

by S.T. Ashman

I knelt between his outstretched legs and waited for him to put the knife on the ground to unzip his pants. As soon as he did, I snatched up the blade and slashed his neck with a single smooth movement.

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At a time when a human’s life meant close to nothing, Hitler passed some of the strictest animal protection laws ever written. He introduced penalties for animal cruelty and banned free hunting rights.

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“It’s amusing that most of your kind share the same traits. Not one of you keeps going when I laugh. You need the screaming to feel powerful, don’t you? But the truth is, there’s nothing powerful about you.”

“You didn’t bring enough tape. So I had to cut through your lumbar spine intervertebral space, leaving you paralyzed from the waist down.”

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I could stab a murderer without flinching, but the thought of clutter made me physically ill.

But like many clueless husbands, he didn’t realize how unhappy his wife was until another man stepped in and slapped a Band-Aid on a wound that needed stitches.

“What if the next obstacle is a crazy pervert? You should let me walk ahead.” “To perpetuate the conventional belief that navigating through uncertain times is a responsibility designated primarily to men?” “No. Because I can punch harder than you. Not to be stereotypical.” “And that’s why you’ll be more useful from behind. Men usually are.”

“Because humans are as complex as they are troubled. For some, violence stimulates the brain’s reward centers or eases the pain of a hidden darkness.”

“The tiger population has increased by forty percent in the wild.” Larsen thought about this for a moment before nodding in approval. “Good. A majestic creature like that doesn’t deserve to go extinct because of us human assholes.”

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People pretend it’s the lack of humanity that is responsible for the atrocities we’re capable of when, in fact, humanity is the root of it.”

“I guess even mental illness is better when you’re rich.” “This is America, Agent Richter. Everything is better when you’re rich.

Liam felt a strange sensation of peace. As if things would be all right from here on. Not because of the justice system but because of her.

He had to see her. His villain. His nightmare. His salvation. His doom. His promise of a new beginning or worthy end.