Lorne Dixon lives and writes somewhere off an Exit of Route 78 in residential New Jersey. He grew up on a diet of yellow-spined paperbacks, black and white monster movies, and the thunder lizard backbeat of rock n’ roll.
The following is an excerpt from Lorne’s short story titled King James Version (Abridged), which is scheduled to be published in the upcoming issue of The Ashen Eye.
Lucy The Waitress looked up from the game of solitaire spread out on the table closest to the bar. She pulled her cigarette out of her mouth and blew out a plume of thick smoke. She stared at Matthias, transfixed.
He slowly realized the old man’s blood had speckled his face and clothes. He craned back his head and pinched his nose. He approached Lucy and asked in a nasal voice, "Paper towels? Nosebleed."
She clearly knew better. The cigarette dropped from her fingertips to the jack of hearts. Matthias let go of his nose and straightened up. Standing completely straight, he topped six foot five. She met his eyes with hers, clouded with alcohol, nicotine, and probably something stronger than either. She broke the stare to glance down at the cell phone she wore on her belt.
It only took a quick motion. Both collar bones crushed inwards, fragmenting and cutting through flesh and muscle until they met in her throat, cutting off her oxygen supply. Easy work for two strong thumbs. She spun off the table, trying to gasp, hands wrapped around her neck, failing to pry her bones out of her throat.
Lorne’s short fiction has appeared, or is scheduled to appear, in, “+The Horror Library+ Volume 2” (Cutting Block Press), “Bad-Ass Faeries” (Marietta), “The Book Of Dark Wisdom” Magazine (2008, Elder Signs), “Strange Stories Of Sand And Sea” (2008, Fine Tooth Press), “Traps” (2008, DarkHart Press), “Lilith Unbound” (2008, Popcorn Press), “Dark Distortions” (2008, Scotopia), “Bound For Evil: Curious Tales Of Books Gone Bad” (2008, Dead Letters Press), “Tales Of Moreauvia” Magazine, “Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad” (2008, Marietta), and “Darkness On The Edge: Dark Stories Inspired By The Music Of Bruce Springsteen” (early 2009, PS Press UK).
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