Spring Challenge - Honorable Mention - Laura Eno

Laura Eno flashes her fiction.

Tasteless
By Laura Eno

I felt queasy as I stood there, ready to face off with the beast. Quite an alarming turn of events, actually. I'd thought that I was ready for this moment.

Previously I'd tried to avoid it, but hearing others patronize me when I'd sought understanding and sympathy girded my resolve to confront it before I lost my nerve.

I brought the blade up to chin level and opened my eyes, my hand rigid with fear. The beast frowned at me from within the mirror but my determination glistened in the lather covering the scraggly beard that nobody liked.

I began the downward strokes and saw the beast smile at me, approval in his eyes.