Camp | A 100 Word Story

#140 Kindling

The embers crackled in the still night air. A family of three sat around a fire that wasn’t theirs, sipping from mugs.

“I think they’s ready, maw. Can we eat now?”

“Weasel, I done tole ya we gotta let the meat marinate as long as possible. Really lock in the flavor,” his mother cackled.

Weasel sulked while he drank his mug of blood.

“Ham, go see if they ready. Yer brother fixin’ to pass out from hunger.”

Ham walked over to a tent and looked in. Three bodies crammed in a large barrel.

“They look ready to eat!” he shouted.

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