Teaser for the new creature feature novella
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The gorilla craved human flesh. Sweat pooled at the base of its spine as it crept toward the furthest car facing the drive-in movie screen. It desired the scent of terror stricken bodies, the waft of panicked humans. The thought made its breath shallow.
The North Park Drive-In sat three miles from town. The lights and noise carried across farm fields drawing coyotes and raccoons to where food scraps piled up in cans under the stars at night. Moonlight glinted off the gorilla’s shiny black fur while silver lights danced upon the movie screen. Students from the nearby university indulged their desires behind car doors. Clumsy hands found ready flesh. Illicit gasping bled between the screams on screen. Cars rocked slightly. The gorilla crept closer.
As the action on screen reached its peak, howling sirens and flashing lights in flickering black and white, the gorilla charged upon its prey. The thump and scud of rent metal and the terror of naked bodies, bitten and losing blood. The young couple were swiftly silenced and dragged into the trees.
No other car was parked nearby. Their vehicle sat empty, awkwardly leaning with its door torn off. The movie played to its end and everyone drove through the exit, unbothered by anything at the edges of their night. The bad movie, salty popcorn, and smell of sweat in their cars, but watching them leave was a beast with flesh in its teeth and blood in its fur. It grumbled satisfaction and skulked away towards town.
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