Excerpt from "Cutio" by F. R. Michaels

This week's excerpt is from "Cutio" by F. R. Michaels.

Subject: HE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!
From: William.Grimaldi@paumanok.edu
To: ellenfuentes777@freemail.com
Sent: Tuesday March 6, 3:22 pm

Ellie -- he's finally here! He was waiting for me when I got back from lunch with Janice. His face and upper torso are burnt black all over the right side, he's missing an arm, and his guts are all over the place, but HE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Bill Grimaldi, PhD
Professor and Co-Chair, Department of History
Paumanok University

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Subject: Re: HE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!
From: ellenfuentes777@freemail.com
To: William.Grimaldi@paumanok.edu
Sent: Tuesday March 6, 4:08 pm

Bill -- WTF are you squealing about? Who is "he"?
PS -- Are we still on for Friday night?
PPS -- Who, exactly, is Janice? :/
-- Ellie

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Subject: Re: HE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!
From: William.Grimaldi@paumanok.edu
To: ellenfuentes777@freemail.com
Sent: Tuesday March 6, 4:16 pm

His name is "Cutio" -- at least, that's what's carved on his belly from what we can see. And apart from the right arm, it looks like most of his pieces are intact. Some of the innards have dried out and rotted away, but we can replace those. I have copies of Vasco's original sketches. Give me a few days and some duct tape and I swear HE WILL LIVE AGAIN!

Frank Raymond Michaels (F. R. Michaels) is actually a very nice, normal person who happens to like weird and scary stories. He lives on Long Island and writes horror and dark fantasy.

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