book cover of The Convention
 

The Convention

(2024)
A Novella by

 
 
A convention for serial killers? Sounds like a perfect day-out for father and daughter, daddy's little serial-killer-in-training...

The marriage had been rocky since day one with daily arguments being "the norm". Hardly surprising given the husband, Tony, is a serial killer who is struggling to hide his hobby from his family.

One night, things come to a violent a dramatic conclusion with his wife when Tony ends up murdering his wife. As he drags her body out into the garden, ready to dispose of it, he looks up and sees his daughter watching him from the bedroom window. Knowing he cannot leave any witnesses alive, even if they are his blood, he goes up to her room to do what must be done.

He's expecting screaming and tears and fear but - he is confronted with a very calm and curious little girl. As she continues colouring in her book, she asks her father, "How did it feel to kill someone?"

Even the most rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.


Genre: Horror

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