Title
Document Type
Definition Essay
Publication Date
1991
Excerpt
The loud crack of the gun resounds as the bullets pierce the air and rush towards their victim. The killer shoots again, feeling a surge of power. He stands behind his piece--his double-barreled, sawed-off shotgun, his instrument of power and destruction. He holds death and life at his fingertips. At any moment, a spark of rage or maybe just the urge to make life a little dangerous can trigger the already deranged mind into committing such a horrendous crime. He turns and faces the young girl in the car. Grinning, intoxicated with pride and power, he lifts his weapon and discharges another slug into his last victim of the night. "A job well done," he must think, for what he has done tonight, in his mind, is no different from a woman on a shopping spree in a mall. He is just checking names off his list; if he does not have a list, as is likely, he is free to pick and choose as he pleases.
Recommended Citation
Switt, Michelle, "Real Horror (1991)" (1991). The Valpo Core Reader. 356.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/356