Mean Beans
written by: Verity Mason
Jacob’s garden thrived with unnatural vigor. His pride and joy were the beans, which grew taller every hour.
While tending them, a peculiar pod emerged, larger than the rest, pulsating, lub dub, lub dub. Curious, he split it open and found not seeds but tiny, writhing embryonic forms eerily human. Seized by panic, he tried to discard them. But the beans clung on tightly, sinking their roots deep into his flesh as they burned through each sensitive layer.
Jacob writhed and howled as the husks burrowed deeper.
By morning, only his hollow shell remained, new pods nestling inside the cavity.
JULY 2023 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Her first love is writing and has been honing her craft for many years. With painting her second love, her art is locally recognised for its seascapes. Well travelled, she once took a cruiser out to Alcatraz where she was locked in solitary confinement for an hour. "That hour, felt like days," she recalls with a sense of accomplishment.
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