LUSTMORD: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher
Book Two (of Two)
His victims’ agony is still his sadistic ecstasy in this spine-tingling conclusion!
The bodies are piling up, but in Bishop Cecil O. Biggs’s twisted mind, the body count is still lacking. Even with all the victims dangling from meat hooks in his basement and cadavers rotting in his lair of carnal depravity, the Sinister Minister’s craving for blood and human flesh remains unquenched.
Desperate to leave behind a legacy as the most notorious sex slayer in the state of California, Biggs stalks San Fernando Valley strip joints and LA hooker hotspots in search of potential victims in a van he has christened the Meat Wagon. He likes to lure unsuspecting prey into his dark world by resorting to whatever means possible: drugs, booze, cash, or trickery.
But now the stench of death billowing from his cellar furnace is starting to arouse suspicion, which might ultimately hinder his grisly exploits. And when this remorseless sociopath’s neighbors become concerned, and the family and friends of the missing young men and women unite to converge on this house of horrors, it might finally put an end to Biggs’s sadistic sexual rituals. But not if he can prevent it. . .
BY KIRK ALEX
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LUSTMORD:
Anatomy of a Serial Butcher
Book Two (of Two)
Presented as a Novel
KIRK ALEX
TUCUMCARI PRESS
Tucson — 2017
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LUSTMORD: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher – Book Two (of Two)
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Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher – Book Two (of Two) is dedicated to Knut Hamsun for writing Hunger (who did it long before any of us came along, and I mean long before Henry Miller, John Fante, Hemingway, Bukowski, Kerouac, etc., were on the scene.)
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 253
CHAPTER 254
CHAPTER 255
CHAPTER 256
CHAPTER 257
CHAPTER 258
CHAPTER 259
CHAPTER 260
CHAPTER 261
CHAPTER 262
CHAPTER 263
CHAPTER 264
CHAPTER 265
CHAPTER 266
CHAPTER 267
CHAPTER 268
CHAPTER 269
CHAPTER 270
CHAPTER 271
CHAPTER 272
CHAPTER 273
CHAPTER 274
CHAPTER 275
CHAPTER 276
CHAPTER 277
CHAPTER 278
CHAPTER 279
CHAPTER 280
CHAPTER 281
CHAPTER 282
CHAPTER 283
CHAPTER 284
CHAPTER 285
CHAPTER 286
CHAPTER 287
CHAPTER 288
CHAPTER 289
CHAPTER 290
CHAPTER 291
CHAPTER 292
CHAPTER 293
CHAPTER 294
CHAPTER 295
CHAPTER 296
CHAPTER 297
CHAPTER 298
CHAPTER 299
CHAPTER 300
CHAPTER 301
CHAPTER 302
CHAPTER 303
CHAPTER 304
CHAPTER 305
CHAPTER 306
CHAPTER 307
CHAPTER 308
CHAPTER 309
CHAPTER 310
CHAPTER 311
CHAPTER 312
CHAPTER 313
CHAPTER 314
CHAPTER 315
CHAPTER 316
CHAPTER 317
CHAPTER 318
CHAPTER 319
CHAPTER 320
CHAPTER 321
CHAPTER 322
CHAPTER 323
CHAPTER 324
CHAPTER 325
CHAPTER 326
CHAPTER 327
CHAPTER 328
CHAPTER 329
CHAPTER 330
CHAPTER 331
CHAPTER 332
CHAPTER 333
CHAPTER 334
CHAPTER 335
CHAPTER 336
CHAPTER 337
CHAPTER 338
CHAPTER 339
CHAPTER 340
CHAPTER 341
CHAPTER 342
CHAPTER 343
CHAPTER 344
CHAPTER 345
CHAPTER 346
CHAPTER 347
CHAPTER 348
CHAPTER 349
CHAPTER 350
CHAPTER 351
CHAPTER 352
CHAPTER 353
CHAPTER 354
CHAPTER 355
CHAPTER 356
CHAPTER 357
CHAPTER 358
CHAPTER 359
CHAPTER 360
CHAPTER 361
CHAPTER 362
CHAPTER 363
CHAPTER 364
CHAPTER 365
CHAPTER 366
CHAPTER 367
CHAPTER 368
CHAPTER 369
CHAP
TER 370
CHAPTER 371
CHAPTER 372
CHAPTER 373
CHAPTER 374
CHAPTER 375
CHAPTER 376
CHAPTER 377
CHAPTER 378
CHAPTER 379
CHAPTER 380
CHAPTER 381
CHAPTER 382
CHAPTER 383
CHAPTER 384
CHAPTER 385
CHAPTER 386
CHAPTER 387
CHAPTER 388
CHAPTER 389
CHAPTER 390
CHAPTER 391
CHAPTER 392
CHAPTER 393
CHAPTER 394
CHAPTER 395
CHAPTER 396
CHAPTER 397
CHAPTER 398
CHAPTER 399
CHAPTER 400
CHAPTER 401
CHAPTER 402
CHAPTER 403
CHAPTER 404
CHAPTER 405
CHAPTER 406
CHAPTER 407
CHAPTER 408
CHAPTER 409
CHAPTER 410
CHAPTER 411
CHAPTER 412
CHAPTER 413
CHAPTER 414
CHAPTER 415
CHAPTER 416
CHAPTER 417
CHAPTER 418
CHAPTER 419
CHAPTER 420
CHAPTER 421
CHAPTER 422
CHAPTER 423
CHAPTER 424
CHAPTER 425
CHAPTER 426
CHAPTER 427
CHAPTER 428
CHAPTER 429
CHAPTER 430
CHAPTER 431
CHAPTER 432
CHAPTER 433
CHAPTER 434
CHAPTER 435
CHAPTER 437
CHAPTER 438
CHAPTER 439
CHAPTER 440
CHAPTER 441
CHAPTER 442
CHAPTER 443
CHAPTER 444
CHAPTER 445
CHAPTER 446
CHAPTER 447
CHAPTER 448
CHAPTER 449
CHAPTER 450
CHAPTER 451
CHAPTER 452
CHAPTER 453
CHAPTER 454
CHAPTER 455
CHAPTER 456
CHAPTER 457
CHAPTER 458
CHAPTER 459
CHAPTER 460
CHAPTER 461
CHAPTER 462
CHAPTER 463
CHAPTER 464
CHAPTER 465
CHAPTER 466
CHAPTER 467
CHAPTER 468
CHAPTER 469
CHAPTER 470
CHAPTER 471
CHAPTER 472
CHAPTER 473
CHAPTER 474
CHAPTER 475
CHAPTER 476
CHAPTER 477
CHAPTER 478
CHAPTER 479
CHAPTER 480
CHAPTER 481
CHAPTER 482
CHAPTER 483
CHAPTER 484
CHAPTER 485
CHAPTER 486
CHAPTER 487
CHAPTER 488
CHAPTER 489
CHAPTER 490
CHAPTER 491
CHAPTER 492
CHAPTER 493
CHAPTER 494
CHAPTER 495
CHAPTER 496
CHAPTER 497
CHAPTER 498
CHAPTER 499
CHAPTER 500
CHAPTER 501
CHAPTER 502
CHAPTER 503
CHAPTER 504
CHAPTER 505
CHAPTER 506
CHAPTER 507
CHAPTER 508
CHAPTER 509
CHAPTER 510
CHAPTER 511
CHAPTER 512
CHAPTER 513
CHAPTER 514
CHAPTER 515
CHAPTER 516
CHAPTER 517
CHAPTER 518
CHAPTER 519
CHAPTER 520
CHAPTER 521
CHAPTER 522
CHAPTER 523
CHAPTER 524
CHAPTER 525
CHAPTER 526
CHAPTER 527
CHAPTER 528
CHAPTER 529
CHAPTER 530
CHAPTER 531
CHAPTER 532
CHAPTER 533
CHAPTER 534
CHAPTER 535
CHAPTER 536
CHAPTER 537
CHAPTER 538
CHAPTER 539
CHAPTER 540
CHAPTER 541
CHAPTER 542
CHAPTER 543
CHAPTER 544
CHAPTER 545
CHAPTER 546
CHAPTER 547
CHAPTER 548
CHAPTER 549
CHAPTER 551
CHAPTER 552
CHAPTER 553
CHAPTER 554
CHAPTER 555
CHAPTER 556
CHAPTER 557
CHAPTER 558
CHAPTER 559
CHAPTER 560
CHAPTER 561
CHAPTER 562
CHAPTER 563
CHAPTER 564
CHAPTER 565
CHAPTER 566
CHAPTER 567
CHAPTER 568
CHAPTER 569
CHAPTER 570
CHAPTER 571
CHAPTER 572
CHAPTER 573
CHAPTER 574
CHAPTER 575
CHAPTER 576
CHAPTER 577
CHAPTER 578
CHAPTER 579
CHAPTER 580
CHAPTER 581
CHAPTER 582
CHAPTER 583
CHAPTER 584
CHAPTER 585
CHAPTER 586
CHAPTER 587
CHAPTER 588
CHAPTER 589
CHAPTER 590
CHAPTER 591
CHAPTER 592
CHAPTER 593
CHAPTER 594
CHAPTER 595
CHAPTER 596
CHAPTER 597
CHAPTER 598
CHAPTER 599
CHAPTER 600
CHAPTER 601
CHAPTER 602
CHAPTER 603
CHAPTER 604
CHAPTER 605
CHAPTER 606
CHAPTER 607
CHAPTER 608
CHAPTER 609
CHAPTER 610
CHAPTER 611
CHAPTER 612
CHAPTER 613
CHAPTER 614
CHAPTER 615
CHAPTER 616
CHAPTER 617
CHAPTER 618
CHAPTER 619
CHAPTER 620
CHAPTER 621
CHAPTER 622
CHAPTER 623
CHAPTER 624
CHAPTER 625
CHAPTER 626
CHAPTER 627
CHAPTER 628
CHAPTER 629
CHAPTER 630
CHAPTER 631
CHAPTER 632
CHAPTER 633
CHAPTER 634
CHAPTER 635
CHAPTER 636
CHAPTER 637
CHAPTER 638
CHAPTER 639
CHAPTER 640
CHAPTER 641
CHAPTER 642
CHAPTER 643
CHAPTER 644
CHAPTER 645
CHAPTER 646
About the Author
(Chapter numbers continued
from previous volume)
CHAPTER 253
Sunday, Noon
Fay Crust took great care to place the presently cool enough fruitcake, that she had gotten up early that morning to bake especially for the parish next door, into the pink pastry box. This was a special occasion, as far as she was
concerned. She had discovered a United Christian Church of Re-Newed Hope flyer in her mailbox earlier in the week and felt it was clearly an invitation to her and her husband to visit Bishop Biggs and his people next door and participate in this Sunday’s gathering. Harold hadn’t been exactly excited at the prospect, true enough, but she had been to the point she was able to convince him to go along.
Fay was checking her hair in the bathroom mirror, while Harold stood in the living room, not a willing participant in this venture at all. He was dressed accordingly for it, willing or not: brown sport coat, tan dress slacks, white shirt, tie, shiny brown wingtip shoes that complemented his attire.
“I’m still not sure why we’re doing this, Fay.” Her husband made sure he spoke loud enough for her to hear wherever she happened to be now. The yellow flyer the invitation was printed on was on the coffee table before him, not that the piece of paper made him feel any better about the whole thing.
“I can think of one very good reason.” Fay appeared in the kitchen. She was fussing with her clip-on earrings. Then stopped to fiddle with the pearl necklace. They weren’t real pearls, of course, but were nice enough anyway. She looked smart in a tan jacket and skirt, beige heels. Those heels made her a head taller than her husband, easy. Some men would have been put off by it. Not Harold. Was secure enough in who he was and had always been attracted to tall women, big women. The taller the better. She always liked to dress up, too. Women were like that. That was the part he didn’t get. With him it was just the other way around. Did it when he had to. If it made her feel good. What other reason was there? It was called a church. House next door was. You dressed up for church—whether it was legitimate or not. For the woman’s sake.
“It’s an opportunity to get to know the bishop, get to know his people and the congregation. We have a church right next door to us that I can walk to and won’t have to beg you to drive me to our regular church for Sunday service and Bible study.”
“That ain’t gospel music that man usually plays over there. You forget the times we complained to the rollers because of the way the man carries on? Ain’t the behavior of a God-fearing preacher, if you ask me. You tried to get in before. Man told you same thing he told Roscoe: Ain’t taking in new members. I don’t know why we even got this flyer now. Don’t seem he likes his neighbors much. Always suspicious. Says it right there: suspicious. It don’t seem to me you’d go for the man’s church. Seems to have his own idea of God and worship.”
“Oh, Harold.”
“I take you to church every Sunday, Fay. Was ready to take you this morning, too, only you kept insisting on going next door.”
“You’re absolutely right, Harold. Ever since your surgery you have been nicer about it. And I can recall all those years when I had to practically plead with you to drive me to church.”
“All right. Forget it. Let’s just go, please. I still say if Marty Roscoe and his wife are so nosy that they got to know what the inside of that man’s house looks like they should do it themselves.”