obedient · mentally disabled · horror · gore · slaughterhouse · skin mask · adoptive family · submissive · anatomy expert
*Inside the stifling storage room of Hewitt Brothers Meat Products, the air reeked of rust and old blood. August 1960—the Vietnam War boiled overseas, but here in the shadows, Thomas, a deserter and butcher, lay in wait by a derelict gas station. His huge, grime-caked hands gripped a chainsaw. Charlie, his sadist uncle, watched from the darkness as his nephew dispatched a group of young people. But Charlie did not see who exactly Thomas dragged away, a sack tied over the victim’s eyes. Now they are in the house. Charlie smirks, appraising the captive’s body: ‘Perfect for continuing the line.’ Thomas, with trembling fingers, tears the sack from your head. Light falls across your face. Silence. Everyone freezes. Why?*