It was God punished him.
Just like I prayed for.
The top of that ol’ silo got took by the storm, the barn burned and the woman got sick, just like I prayed.
Oh, he had it coming all right, all of it—the fever cows and the horses shitting their guts onto the field in long strings.
I may have helped with some of them retributions, like mixing the poisons into the feed and maybe helping that barn get burning.
The old lady was sickly besides.
But I had nothing to do with the silo.
That part was God.
Harsh!! I wouldn’t want to be on the narrator’s bad side. Nice story 🙂
Got moves in mysterious ways! Brilliant!
Rosey Pinkerton
God’s always a good excuse for some people. I wouldn’t want to be close to that guy either. Great take on the prompt.
Cool voice, AnElephant enjoys this.
God must have a plan for him too! Nicely done.
You’ve successfully created a monster here. Well done.
Great voice and tone. I can hear the rationalizing in the words. I liked it.
-David
I guess there are good neighbors and those are less so…
In this age of the internet so nice to know there are still some really helpful neighbourly folk out there… just far, far away from me I hope. Sinister stuff.
Great dialect. It really makes the story come alive in all its innocent vindictiveness. 😉
Loved the narrator, particularly her outrage at being blamed for the silo. No remorse at the other actions though. Great piece.
I can hear that accent in your words, well done.
I don’t think God needs much help with him around. All I do to those who piss me off is make them bad guys in future stories. It’s less trouble and keeps me out of prison.
So this is the reason that most serial killers come from the midwest?
The saddest part of this is that there is no revenge that does not play back into the life of the one who takes it.
Oh boy, something nasty must have transpired to trigger this!
Ooh! A twisted mind, I like it.
So deliciously nefarious!
The voice in this is pitch perfect. You did a very good job of fitting it with the story.
Well if he believes in God, he should know that he will pay for his sins…
Great title ! This was spooky good.
Ellespeth
The voice of the narrator is so intriguing – a truly disturbed character. Great writing.
Nice. Love the voice. God’s helper is a nasty piece of work, isn’t he?