Matt Dovey‘s sardonic dark humor cuts like a sacrificial knife straight from the ritual bloodletting of–oh, sorry, got caught up in the story a bit, didn’t I? Originally published in Diabolical Plots and reprinted and performed for audio in Podcastle, this short story is quick, efficient (only about 15 minutes minutes in audio), and funny as the depths of several eldritch hells. Heath Miller imparts a wonderful voice to the narration, and this is absolutely worth your time in this, year of our darkest nightmares, 2020.