PseudoPod 768: Perfidious Beauty
“Perfidious Beauty” was originally published in the anthology Embark to Madness Beauty knelt over the cooling body of her husband, the prince. The elegant clock in the foyer, carved from ebony and teak, struck the midnight hour. The twelve tiny peals: the bells of heaven tolling, or the din of hell birds? One. Two. Knife strokes shearing through flesh as easily as… Source
Quasar links out; the story lives on Pseudopod, where the author gets the click.