Last Adam’s Last Rib

by Kay Scorah

(A concise horror story)

First they murdered the women and the children.

and then the men turned on each other

until only 2 were left:

all that remained of a species destined for extinction.

Then one tore a rib from the other’s chest,

blessed it, prayed over it,

and sat waiting for a woman to arise from the bone

as his faith had promised.

Meanwhile Adam, short one rib and screaming in agony, slowly died.

Thus that one strong and devout man found himself alone

holding a bloody rib.  

In despair he crafted a sword from that bone

with which he stabbed himself to death.

One by one, the crones and witches emerged from the undergrowth

and danced around the festering corpses.