The Damage Done
by:
Mark Matthews (author)
After years of suffering with mental illness, heroin has opened up the gates of heaven for Jervis Samsa. It is all that makes life bearable. But when he gets trapped in his basement without a scrap of dope to shoot, he needs to go to any lengths to get high. The results are something monstrous,...
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After years of suffering with mental illness, heroin has opened up the gates of heaven for Jervis Samsa. It is all that makes life bearable. But when he gets trapped in his basement without a scrap of dope to shoot, he needs to go to any lengths to get high. The results are something monstrous, and his basement bedroom becomes a hell for those who enter.
The Damage Done is a short story of 5,000 words and a prequel to the author's upcoming release: MILK-BLOOD.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00JWW3GA8
Publish date: 2014-04-23
Publisher: Wicked Run Press
Pages no: 17
Edition language: English
This was an excellent short read that depressed the hell out of me and I don't think I could ever read it again. Highly recommended.
I saw where this one was going. But I don't know if I could say it was predictable, because it went where I wanted it to go and where I would have went with it. I like stories about drug addicts and addiction. This story had a healthy amount of griminess, too, which I'm fond of. You can grab this ...
This is an interesting short story showing the desperation of a heroin addict and possibly either a bit of madness or evil that seeps into his veins as he attempts to slake his addiction at his most desperate moment. I guess we'll find out which in Matthews' upcoming novel.4 STARS
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