Temper, Red as Her Lips
Dustin LaValley

In her attempts to decode his vocalizations she turns a wrong corner and heads down a one-way street. Distracted, infuriated, regard is tossed out the window to settle amongst disbanded cigarette butts—mutual friends in theory though blatantly unsuspecting in appearance. Screaming women stuck in golden era cardigans and skirts lift children into their arms and sprint for the sidewalk, escaping the danger within the street by mere moments. She stomps on the gas, gunning for an unseen victim, a hit-and-run on a purely anthropomorphic basis: a premeditated murder due to faulty foundations via instructions in a foreign language, misunderstood and guided by illustrations. Lost in her fervor the oncoming car is unseen and collides with a mighty force, crunching metal and shattering glass. She stumbles from the crash confused but unharmed, undaunted by the wail of the horn under the head of departed innocence.

Dustin LaValley is an author, screenwriter and martial artist. His credits include the books Lowlife Underdogs, A Child's Guide to Death, and The Bleeding. His screen credits include Terror Overload, Pajama Party Massacre and Rise of the Ghosts. Outside of writing, Dustin is a Sensei of Shito Ryu karate and ju jutsu. More information on the author can be found at myspace.com/dustinlavalley.