Kelly A. Harmon
Kelly A. Harmon used to write truthful, honest stories. Now she writes lies, which is infinitely more satisfying, but lacks the convenience of doorstep delivery, especially on rainy mornings.
She is a former newspaper reporter and magazine editor, whose early works have been recycled through litter boxes and bird cages all up and down the East Coast. You can find her more current work at SciFi.com's Sci Fi Weekly and forthcoming in the Ricasso Press Anthology Black Dragon White Dragon.
Contest Winner!
Blood Soup
Part #1 (Book 1 - Sacrifice) in Issue #5 (July 2008)
Part #2 (Book 2 - Downfall) in Issue #6 (August 2008)
The nurse knelt again at the side of the tub and set the four candles in a diamond shape on the flagstones and lighted them west, east, south, then north. The queen dropped her arm over the lip of the tub, her fingers drooping over the tableau. Thin white scars decorated the tips of her red, swollen fingers. Atop the scars, slender red lines of barely healed wounds pulsed in the firelight. Salvagia grabbed each finger in turn, tightening the pressure until blood flowed hot and tight to the tip, then sliced the tender skin.
