Cannibalism

A Brief Journey into an Odd Little Universe — In the fifty-second installment of The 5 Second Novel: a young woman confronts a childhood terror. Are you ready? #072 — “She Watches” We always knew old Mrs. Scholtner was watching us from the windows of the turret of the condemned house on Buckeye Street — my oldest brother Gene terrorized us with stories…

Come for the bigotry, stay for the long pig. — Well hello there! Welcome to Conservative Cannibal Island! Let me introduce your hostess with the mostess, Lauren Boebert. Lauren is also our resident pastry chef, and you will not believe what this lady can do with a banana leaf and earlobes. Conservative Cannibal Island was created as an immersive vacation…

“Go ahead and arrest me. She is in there. I chopped her up.” — Kevin Ray Underwood, born in December 1979, was a grocery store worker who lived in Purcell, Oklahoma, and was liked by all who knew him. It therefore came as a huge shock to his family and local community when he was arrested for the abduction, sexual assault and brutal murder…

Eating human flesh isn’t considered the ultimate taboo — not in these places. — Is it possible to be a respectable cannibal? People usually learn to avoid particular places in countries where cannibalism is popular, else this is such a typical fact of thinking that they don’t notice a set of people devouring a human. …

In November 1991, Thanksgiving Day began like any other, but instead of a roast turkey, Mr. Nelson was on the menu. — Omaima Aree Nelson is an Egyptian-American model who was convicted of murdering her husband, William Nelson. She is currently in prison at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, California, where she is serving a life sentence. …