Portrait
This will be my most magnificent work to date. All the plaudits and prizes will pale into insignificance next to this masterpiece. A photograph of myself pinned to the easel, I work feverishly, driven to finish.
Unlike pastels or watercolours, this most unusual medium does not lend itself to much alteration. Working at speed, I can see the portrait taking shape before my eyes…
…and so it is complete. My final and best piece of work. The ultimate self portrait painted in the ultimate medium; my own life’s blood.
Posthumous fame will follow… I can rest in peace at last…
(a drabble, exactly 100 words)
YOU ARE READING
A Gift in the Dark
Short StoryA collection of paranormal, horror and fantasy short stories woven around old legends, odd characters, the occasional werewolf and the darkness within, some of which have been published or picked up the odd award. There are things you cannot see u...
