A Web of Black Widows – Scott William Carter
A Web of Black Widows – Scott William Carter (PS Publishing)
A small town sheriff wanders onto a scene where one man is surrounded by two dead bodies and there is blood in the surf. The lone survivor is holding a shotgun. This sounds pretty straight-forward doesn’t it? Well, it’s not. It’s a little bit crazier than that.
Steven Langdon is a tattoo artist running from his grief. When he stops to eat at a diner in the middle of nowhere a pregnant housewife approaches him asking for a tattoo. She’s willing to pay whatever he asks for just one little spider on her belly. He says no. He tells her that he can’t, that he doesn’t do that anymore. She pleads. She begs. Finally he agrees, telling her to disappear when he’s done. Instead…well instead of leaving as she’s asked she becomes one of the three main characters in this sordid tale.
You may ask, who do the dead bodies belong to? Who is left holding the shotgun? Who’s the third person on the beach? You’ll have to read the story Scott William Carter has woven for us. It’s a shame to waste such a well spun yarn. Jim Dodge Jnr.
