Little Bit
Types of Machines
From: PURE EVIL PURE INNOCENCE: THE MAGGIE DUNLAP STORY
Work in progress. Forthcoming: Amphetamine Sulphate, 2025
Commentary by Philip Best
Best case scenario? There was no captivity, no longevity. She was dead within the hour. Lisa Santee wasn’t so sure. She looked a little ill, scrabbling through the dirt on hands and knees, collecting tiny scraps of leather, likely scraped from the whore’s boots as she was dragged up to the outhouse. Derry was fond of Lisa, she had a way about her, how she described every injury, however small, as an insult to the victim. He liked that way of thinking. The attention to the minutest of details. Little bits that matter the most. Empathy and compassion. They say not to, but you have to feel it, feel something. The lights from the emergency blinkers flash across her face as she looks up at you. He realized he was hard. She was bagging a bloodied purse.