‘The unkindest cut…’

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“Do it. Now…”
Implacable.
Cold sweat beads on his forehead. Her eyes are keen as anguish, sharp as the steel against his throat. How had he not realised? How had it come to this? He had tried everything. He had even begged. The thought made him squirm, but he no longer cared. He had nothing left.
The bright edge of the razor would strike.
No way to escape.
His hands shake. He must. He cannot. Bile rises as he closes his eyes… all he can see is blood and ruin.
“Now, Dave … Either the beard goes, or I do…”

For Charli Mills Flash Fiction challenge

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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39 Responses to ‘The unkindest cut…’

  1. Fandango says:
    January 30, 2018 at 19:42

    Ha! I can relate to this. I had a beard when I met the woman who would eventually become my wife. She’d never seen me without a beard and then, about ten years ago, she asked me to shave it off so she could see what I looked like without a beard. I was very attached to my beard — literally —
    but, because she asked, I reluctantly agreed to shave it off. As soon as she saw my face without my beard, she said, “grow it back.”

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  4. D. Wallace Peach says:
    January 30, 2018 at 21:18

    Ha ha ha. Nice one. So much drama!!!

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  5. willowdot21 says:
    January 30, 2018 at 22:49

    Absolutely had me there Sue!

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  7. Charli Mills says:
    January 31, 2018 at 03:54

    Sharp writing, Sue! You write this 99-word form with mastery. Fun to have you at the Ranch!

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  8. jenanita01 says:
    January 31, 2018 at 07:42

    Every word had a razor edge, too!

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  10. Judy E Martin says:
    January 31, 2018 at 15:14

    Great tension there Sue, and I love the ending! 🙂

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  11. freiedenkerin says:
    January 31, 2018 at 16:34

    😆
    I was expecting a real creepy story – but I guess for a man who loves his beard and has watched it growing since years it is unbearable gruesome to chose between getting shaved and losing his beloved one. 😉

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  13. robbiesinspiration says:
    February 1, 2018 at 15:51

    I don’t like beards, Sue, so I am completely with this woman.

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