I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me
Herbert Novelli lives a life measured in straight lines. Breakfast. Work. Lunch. Work. Gym. Dinner. Sleep. It is a predictable, ordinary existence, punctuated only by occasional gatherings with the childhood friends who grew up alongside him in Cinnabar City.
Then, the straight lines fracture.
An unannounced knock on his apartment door brings Gina Watson—the ex-girlfriend who vanished years ago, leaving behind nothing but a vague letter and a broken heart. She hasn’t come to reconcile. Instead, she presents a strange peace offering: an invitation to her wedding to another man. Herbert accepts it, a performance of closure, a willingness to bury the hatchet.
But in Cinnabar City, Death has a funny way of doing his job. Sometimes he arrives with a grand fanfare. Other times, he steps across your threshold uninvited, holding a wedding invitation in his hand.
Xeno Hemlock 