Necromancy by Karen Jones

I lay her out the way I did the others  before rigor mortis sets in: naked  on her back  right leg bent  so the inside of the right foot rests against the left thigh. Her right arm is across her flat belly; left hand resting on the left thigh.

This one is so fresh  so fragrant -- only minutes since her grateful last sigh. I lie down beside her in that same position -- the position I've slept in since childhood. We look like we were meant to be together.
In a few hours the spell will work and she'll speak to me. She would never have spoken to me when she was alive  but when I wake her she will howl my name  shriek and curse  filling me with passion.

Sometimes the others come back -- seven girls berating me. Those are the best nights  when the pleasure is almost too great. And when they and I are spent  I lie down by my latest love; the others fade away.

From the college campus  sounds of innocent  girlish laughter float through my basement window  lulling me asleep; to dream of next time.


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