Comment from Master Philip

Excellent

That was deliciously disgusting! I've yet to be disappointed with your work. I plan on reading many more of your dark tales...

Bravo,
Master Philip

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2015

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reply by the author on 27-Jun-2015

Thank you, Master Philip. I'm very pleased that you "enjoyed" the story. I look forward to reading many more reviews by you, and I appreciate you taking the time to read this one.
Much obliged, my friend. ~Dean :}

Comment from Ridley Williams

Excellent

Hi Dean,

Ha ha,I don't know about a meal, maybe the kid would have made a good hors d-oeuvre...but the dessert sounds great!
Nice work with this chapter; loved the colorful setting and characters involved in the feast.
Definitely a good "yuck" factor, lol.
See you in the next one, Bill

 Comment Written 08-May-2015

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reply by the author on 08-May-2015

I'll see ya' then, Bill, and thanks for the review. :}

~Dean

Comment from sharonmealler

Excellent

As I have said before, it must be terrifying in your mind. This was deliciously disturbing and left me wanting more. Thanks for sharing the brilliance that is Dean Kuch.

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Not really, Sharon. I just write about what terrifies me most. Thanks very much for your comments and time spent reviewing this tiny tale of terror.
~Dean

Comment from Gloria ....

Excellent

Uh oh, fruits of her labour doesn't sound good. I'd say that's some excellent foreshadowing there.

I love the envy quote too, so very true. Envy is such a noxious beast.

Whoa, now that's a grizzly little tale of horror. Both the main course and dessert. Yikes. Cannibalism is very strange and present with us today.

Bloody well done, Dean.

Gloria

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Thanks, Gloria. I very much appreciate the feedback and your time spent reviewing this short story. It's appreciated, as always. ~Dean

Comment from royowen

Excellent

I think this would have to be one the scariest horror story I've ever read, Dean, although I just happened to read it now, it's well written, although I don't want to comment too much, ministered in your usual skill, Dean, well done, reviewing takes one into all sorts of places, the sexual ones I tend to leave alone! Good scribing, my friend, blessings, Roy.

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

I tend to leave sex out of my writing as well, Roy. I'm not comfortable writing about sex in the slightest. Sadly, rituals just like the one I portrayed here do exist, and they are a blight on any civilized society and an abomination to God, Himself.

Thanks so much for your review. ~Dean

reply by royowen on 06-May-2015

Most welcome,, Dean

Comment from ravenblack

Excellent

So dessert will either be a breast or thigh...very gruesome. What is most impressive is how you set the scene in such few words. A baby (arterial) shower.

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Hah, yep, guess so, Ed. Thanks for reading and reviewing it for me. I truly appreciate it. ~Dean

Comment from Muffins

Exceptional

Dean you are so sick and I love it. I read this on the train and a few people side glanced at me as I squealed and groaned as I read the ending. I can't find anything negative to say about the structure or story.

Your writing skills, the verbs, the details are birthed with the pen of a master. This type of writing is what I'm striving for. You are the best writer on this site. This is coming from a reader who is not a big Horror Thriller fan!

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Heh-heh, I know, Muffins...I know, lol. So, it made you squirm just a bit, did it? That's precisely what a terror tale is intended to do, my friend.

Thanks for the exceptional review and six star rating. I truly appreciate it, as I always do. ~Dean :}

Comment from Margaret Snowdon

Excellent

Oh, Dean, you know you can scare me with
your tales, but I didn't like this one
at all - devouring a newborn baby - so
horrific - it
turned me right off.

Margaret

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Sorry, Margaret. These sort of things do actually take place in satanic rituals, which is what this dinner party ultimately ended up becoming. The participants eat innocents because they feel it bestows them with supernatural powers. I realize I pushed the boundaries on this one, that's why I included the warning for excessive violence. I do appreciate you reviewing it objectively, however.

~Dean

reply by Margaret Snowdon on 05-May-2015

I know you did, Dean - just it made my blood curdle.
Mind you, I have a grandson who was a real cutie when small and such a happy character and I always felt I could eat him - now he's a teenager and the way he treats his mother makes me wish I had - that's a fact!! M

reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Ha-ha, that's funny, Margaret, and thanks for the laugh. I needed one today... :D

Comment from sibhus

Excellent

Well, this was different, I was not expecting the cannibalistic feast. I was reading along thinking Rose Mary's Baby when it turn into a long pig barbecue. Definitely original, and just a tad gruesome, but wait it wouldn't yours, if it wasn't. Right? ha, ha, ha Good stuff there, Dean.

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Thanks, Husker, and you're right, it wouldn't, heh-heh. I realized I pushed the boundaries a bit with this story. I even had a lot of trepidation on whether or not I should post it at all. But, the sad truth remains that these sorts of rituals actually exist, as the participants feel that by devouring an infant they gain super human strength and powers.
Sad, but true.
Thanks much for the review. ~Dean :}

Comment from livelylinda

Excellent

Dean: having given birth three times to three daughters, I found this story to be traumatic to the point I am rather speechless. Gore galore, I do not want more. This one is BEYOND creepy! Out of sixers but you know I love it.

This morning I woke up to three words bouncing a
round in my brain, loudly proclaiming they want out: "in the darkness". I immediately thought of you. I'm not sure
where these three words will lead me but I'm thinking it may be scary . . . Linda

 Comment Written 05-May-2015

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reply by the author on 05-May-2015

Well, then you should most definitely write those thoughts down lest they begin to fester inside you, Linda. You know, writing is great therapy, or so I've often been told.

Thanks very much for your comments. ~Dean