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The Sank Sawyer: A Short Story

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T’was a muggy hot summer night, “Sank” Sawyer had just finished snapping a seagulls neck when he went to Cam’s house. His hands were covered in smelly blood and feathers, he asked cam to join him, he tagged along with him and so did Big Jake. They arrived at the beach, Sawyer had starting snapping all the seagulls necks, feathers flew threw the thick air and in one moment sawyer was shot in the face by a great rock hard harpoon,Sank Sawyer hit the beach and flopped around grotesquely, he shrieked in pain as the harpoon was fixed in his face and stuck out, the blood thick and dark changing the color of the sand. “Mah face oh, mah face” Sawyer exclaimed. Cam ran to Sank Sawyer, his brutally harpooned face was spitting blood. Another harpoon

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