The Victor's History: A Short Story

By Sean O'Hara

The severed head had fallen into the narrow gap between the stairs and wall. I had to lie on the icy stone landing and stretch my arm almost out of joint to reach it, just managing to catch a lock of frozen hair between my fingers and lift it out.

Whoever'd done the chopping had done a foul job--judging by the jagged flaps of skin hanging from the neck, he'd taken over a dozen whacks. I turned the head over in my hands and noted extensive bruising around the eyes and on the cheeks.

I set the head on a step and turned to survey the rest of the courtyard. Abattoir more like. Professor Lokomolos's torso lay atop a snowdrift, his entrails strewn across the yard like party streamers. One of his legs was draped over a tree branch and the other stood frozen in the middle of the yard as though it'd decided to take a walk without the rest of the body.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pulp Electronique
• Release date: May 19, 2011

Sean O'Hara

Sean O'Hara was born in London in 1961, and was educated in both England and Australia, which instilled in him a love of travel and a sense of wanderlust. He spent most of his working life in the UK financial services sector. While working at the United Kingdom Pensions Regulator he was the UK delegate to the OECD on private pension matters and was also the UK delegate to the International Organisation Of Pension Supervisors. Both those roles allowed him to indulge his love of international travel. Opting for a lifestyle change he relocated to Thailand in 2009, where he lives with his wife Fon and their three dogs. He now teaches Science and English at a Thai high school. It was while living in Thailand that he killed his first cobra. He takes no pleasure from killing snakes. But neither does he like to share his garden with them. He has written two novels. ‘Opening Shot’ is his second novel. His first novel, ‘The Curse Of The White Tiger’ is set in Thailand and is also a thriller. It will soon be available through the Smashwords platform.

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