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22 December 2023
Two months ago, Sal Swayzo created this freaky image for a story that was pulled. (Yeah, we actually don't print everything.) Instead of tossing the pic, though, we decided to have 12 staff members write 12 different stories about the image for a 12 Days of Christmas type of thing. Dig,...
WATCHMAN-STYLE
The hunt began long before dawn. As a camouflage-clad hunter stirred his still-dreaming son to take them out into the cold for the boy's first kill. But that rite of passage into manhood was brought to a screeching halt when Blitzen kicked down the door.
Rudolph’s nuclear meltdown had spread an evil red glow to all of the other reindeer’s eyes. Blitzen rammed his antlers deep into the hunter.
"Naughty," he huffed.
After shaking the hunter’s corpse off, he brought his wet muzzle close to the boy. Blitzen sniffed, speckling the boy’s face with his father’s blood. For the boy, the moment lasted for what seemed to be an eternity, 'til Blitzen finally huffed again, "Nice."
And like that, he was gone. There was no way you could ignore the Holidays this year. This time it was personal.
WATCHMAN-STYLE
The hunt began long before dawn. As a camouflage-clad hunter stirred his still-dreaming son to take them out into the cold for the boy's first kill. But that rite of passage into manhood was brought to a screeching halt when Blitzen kicked down the door.
Rudolph’s nuclear meltdown had spread an evil red glow to all of the other reindeer’s eyes. Blitzen rammed his antlers deep into the hunter.
"Naughty," he huffed.
After shaking the hunter’s corpse off, he brought his wet muzzle close to the boy. Blitzen sniffed, speckling the boy’s face with his father’s blood. For the boy, the moment lasted for what seemed to be an eternity, 'til Blitzen finally huffed again, "Nice."
And like that, he was gone. There was no way you could ignore the Holidays this year. This time it was personal.
artid
1885
Old Image
6_4_reindeer.jpg
issue
vol 6 - issue 04 (dec 2003)
section
stories