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When a legendary cabinet shows up at her favourite barcade, a local retro games enthusiast finds herself obsessed - with the high score, and with thrashing local line cook dirtbag Desiree. The bit where they dated briefly has absolutely no bearing whatsoever, of course.

Content warning: This is a horror story. It's got a bit of blood in it, but nothing gratuitous.

Featured in Netherworld's Denizen Digest 2:Mystery and now published here for download. It's a quick read, this story clocks in at a cheeky 1200 words and can be read as a .PDF or an ebook. Let me know if you have file drama.

I'm happy for you all to read it for free, but rest assured that if you pay the suggested two bucks you will be contributing to a truly sick tattoo.