Jack: They called it murder but I called it art.
I lurked in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. The bevy of beautiful women I selected as specimens were perhaps unsuspecting of my talents. The good people of London were unsuspecting as well. Yet as that month of September, 1888 passed, after I had skillfully managed to dissect and disembowel four women, leaving their remains to decorate Whitechapel like human canvasses, it occurred to me; the locals now had great expectations of my work. I had become a skilled artist in the medium of human flesh.
Why did I do it? Ah, I am quite sure the gentlemen at Scotland Yard would love to know the answer to that. Why indeed? I did it with purpose! It was sublime and beautiful, this sight of torn flesh. The rushing scarlet that trickled from their necks as I first pricked my knife. The red river that flowed across their clavicles. Once the blood began to pour I was insatiable in my creation. Like a painter’s brush I wielded my dagger, deeper and deeper until I hit solid bone. I could not stop till I’d sliced their torsos clean open.
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[…] Oct19 by Christine Valentor […]
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Justice done.
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Definitely! hahaha 🙂
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Ooh. I love this. Especially the line- ‘The sharks, I am told, fancy themselves to be great artists.’ ❤
I nominated you for the three day- three quote challenge. Please do accept my invite. 😀
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Thank you! I am so glad you liked it.
You know, I have actually already done the quote challenge — but maybe I will do it again. Thanks so much for nominating me 🙂
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I always wondered Jack’s fate. Glad to know he was shark bait!
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He got his just desserts!! 🙂
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Damn I love this – so epic. Made me laugh a few times, however guiltily – but whatever lol. Really great piece! I wish I could like this 10x !!
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Darryl, I was giggling the whole time I created the Ripper’s point of view — so don’t feel guilty LOL! Glad you liked it so much!
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This is truly awesome. I want to tap into THAT part of me in my writing now. Thanks for inspiring me! =)
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You’re welcome! I am honored 🙂
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You are so great at what you do! Xp
I LOVE THIS! 😀
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Thanks SDS! Hope it brought some creepiness to your evening 🙂
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It did. I’m quite happy about that. ^_^
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creepily poetic… beautiful!
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Thanks Doreen! Some scary creepiness as Halloween approaches 🙂
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Very cool! I remember being nearly obsessed with Jack the Ripper for a while when I was a kid. Still holds an odd fascination for me now. Good work. Love Jack’s POV and the ending.
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Thank you! Yes, sick as it is, many have an obsession with Jack. I think it is because he was never caught. Glad you liked my rendition! 🙂
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Yeah, he does seem to hold a strange fascination. Have you ever read Allan Moore’s graphic novel “From Hell”? It’s an amazing book. Hard to describe, but highly recommended.
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I have heard of it, but have not read it. Sounds good!
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A fitting end, I’d say 🙂 Well done, Christine.
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Thank you D, glad you liked. Yes — mwuah-ha-ha, Jack finally got his just desserts ! 🙂
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Paybacks are definitely hell…great story, Christine!
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He got his payback hehehe! Glad you liked my revenge tactic 🙂
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Love the “artistic” sharks! Have you seen the movie “From Hell”? It’s really interesting 🙂
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No, I have not seen that one yet! I have seen Hitchcock’s ‘The Lodger’ an eerie Jack the Ripper film 🙂
The artistic sharks, haha, well I wanted him to get a just payback 🙂
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I saw “The Lodger” a long time ago. Hitchcock movies are hard to forget!
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Most definitely! The master of psychological creepiness 🙂
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Jack the Ripper always creeped me out. How could they not know who it was to this day, even though they think they might know? It creeps the hell out of me knowing that someone was able to kill so recklessly and never get caught.
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Well… Maybe the ghost of Mary Kelly got him after all HAHAHA 🙂 🙂 🙂
But seriously, it certainly was a horrendous mystery. Of course, in those days they did not have the tools they have today for solving murders…
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