“You do this one.
Screams and tears don’t bother you, right?
Good, you’ll see plenty tonight.
Quiet! Don’t wake the others.
The Boss don’t dirty his hands on this, just does the nice stuff, image
conscious, see?
Hurt them? Hell, yeah, but that’s kinda the point.
Now for the fun part.
There – the redheaded kid.
He’s gonna suffer alright.
Of course we have to, don’t wimp out!
He’s the reason we’re here.
An object lesson, the Boss calls it.
Yes, I’ve checked twice, like always.
Let’s show the little bastard what it really means to be on
Santa’s naughty list!”
100 words
This story was written for Loren Eaton's Advent Ghosts 2014 Drabble Event
Hardboiled meets the holidays! This is great, Nick. I love the image of elves cracking the heads of naughty kids.
ReplyDeleteNow I want to write something with Krampus in it ...
Thanks Loren. A fun event and some great stories!
DeleteTerrific story, Nick.
ReplyDeleteSC's coming to town.
Thanks Kel. I enjoyed this challenge.
DeleteLoL fun. As I started reading I thought, despite the title, it might be about Krampus, but then it quickly became clear that wasn't the case.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
Thanks for taking time to comment Rhonda *rushes off to Google Krampus* :-)
DeleteLove the take, excellent execution. I think Santa's gonna be busy this year.
ReplyDeleteThose kids had it coming, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteNice take on this.
Love the sort of film noir quality this has.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
So the "lump of coal" thing isn't true, then?
ReplyDeleteNice work, Nick!