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Dismemberment

Mar 14, 2020

I’m not sure I’ll get away with this I thought to myself as I went to get the knife. I had been planning this for weeks but it’s easy to forget the minutae…

I knew that, if I could just get the parts through customs without any suspicion, then I could get away with it. I knew they didn’t check all baggage.

If I nonchalantly strolled through checkout without a care in the world…well, nobody would ever know, would they?  If I could just believe to myself I was innocent then I’d look it.

I looked at the carving knife in my hand. Could I seriously dismember him? I mean, thinking about it and actually going through with it…..

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Now that the day had come, I wasn’t sure I’d planned well at all.

He sat in the chair where I’d left him. Eyes glassy and still. Wherever I walked in the room those eyes seemed to follow me, accusingly. I knew they weren’t, obviously! But, well, I wasn’t sure, you know? Had he known what I’d been planning? It was all so much harder when you actually got to it!

Sighing, I knew I couldn’t do it. I would have to leave him there until I got back. After all I’d bought the ticket now. May as well use it!

I looked at the case I had been going to squeeze him into and, humming happily, I packed more jeans.

It had been a silly idea! It had seemed so sensible when I thought it up though. After all, how else did you take a 3ft teddy bear on a plane?

By Abbie Shores

Abbie Shores is a British artist, writer, and arts community manager currently based in Manchester. Her creative work is inspired by countryside walks, dogs and horses, and a love of myth-infused storytelling. She is the founder of Our Arts Magazine and author of the Whispers of the Wolf fantasy series. As an autistic creator, she brings unique focus, depth, and insight to her work. Friends know her as Frankie—a nod to the warmth and quiet humour beneath her professional calm.

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