“Your dinner’s getting cold,” he said. Using his tongue, he plucked partially chewed steak from between his teeth, then flicked it to the back of his throat and swallowed. “A little chewy.”
She sat across from him. Her head lay on her outstretched arm. Her food was untouched—fork and knife still on the napkin next to the plate.
He shook his head and looked behind him into the kitchen. Black smoke rose from the oven. “You never were the best cook.” He shrugged his shoulders. “It’s a shame because that dress looks stunning on you. I would’ve loved to have taken it off.”
He pushed his plate over the edge. The china shattered against the hardwood floor. He stood behind her, lifted her head and unwrapped the torn hem of the tablecloth from around her neck.
He whispered into her ear, “Looks like I’ll be burying you in it instead.” He let her head drop. It slammed into the dinner plate—a rattling echo—and smeared her makeup in lumpy mashed potatoes.
word count: 173
—Nortina
Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers is a weekly challenge where you write a story in 100-150 words (give or take 25 words) using the provided photo prompt as inspiration.
Lovely Curses 
Oh my…she was such a bad cook he killed her?! Perhaps she put a little something extra in that steak of his…:-) fun read, well written!
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Haha! Maybe she seasoned the steak with a little antifreeze… 😉
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And called it homemade steak sauce.. 😉 HA!
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You’re so clever. Such a talented writer.
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Aww, I’m blushing. Thank you 😀
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It is scary as with people who do things like this, the victim may not know their nature until the moment where it results in something not very good.
Very good and creepy story. I enjoyed this!
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It’s quite terrifying how someone could snap like that, and we might not even see it coming.
Thanks again for dropping by! 🙂
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Oh dear, she should have left the bastard… I hope she’ll return to haunt him. The way he calmly eats his overcooked steak when he’s just killed her (for an overcooked steak…) is quite chilling, actually. Love the writing!
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He’s definitely too calm. Characteristics of a sociopath, I think, and something she should have recognized before she married him! But I bet she has some “unfinished business” she’ll have to make a ghostly return for. 😉
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I really liked the use of language you used Nortina to create the brutality of the scene…excellent writing….
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Thank you!
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How gruesome. He is a fiend. Murdering her over. I don’t cook so I should have been murdered years ago. 🙂
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Ha! He’d probably murder me for cooking the same thing ever week. 🙂
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Nice work.
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The “ordinariness” (if that’s even a word) of their dinner in spite of the fact she’s dead is brilliant! It makes the whole story feel light and almost playful … yet creepy in the same time. Well written!
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Thanks! Now that you mention it, our killer husband does seem menacing and comical at the same time!
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He killed her for burning the dinner! LOL! Sorry, but I can’t help but laugh at the mashed potatoes all over her face. I would much rather see them smashed all over his face right before they bury him at the bottom of the ocean. Hahaha!
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Haha! My hope is he won’t get away with it. Maybe her ghost will come back to haunt him!
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Yes! She will haunt him and make his life miserable! LOL!
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Well I don’t usually make dinner in my ball gown but why was she so lethargic. I was thinking she must be drugged by the fiend.
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Or strangled because she ruined their anniversary dinner 😉
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Oh she’s already strangled? Yikes.
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Wow. Very expressive.
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That’ll be me. I’m a terrible cook.
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I have four meals I’m a master chef at preparing, but don’t ask me to cook anything else!
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Haha me too. Maybe half a dozen Chinese meals I picked up in Hong Kong and then a few pasta dishes. I can’t vouch that it’s masterful though…
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I’ll be your guinea pig 😀
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