Excerpt from my story, "Billy and the Kid" part of Standing Fast, a Last Brigade Universe anthology The guy’s face collapsed in on itself under the force of the camshaft that all but obliterated it with a sickening crunch. The bridge of his nose and the inner orbital bones gave way as the heavy piece of hardened steel penetrated deep into his sinus cavity. If the guy survived long enough for his wounds to heal, he’d probably never be able to smell a damn thing, let alone chew his food. His upper teeth sagged and hung oddly over his lower lip. My gut twisted at the sound the guy made when he tried to scream. It wasn’t any sound you’d think a grown man would make. It came out more like the sound a wounded moose in heat might make after being shot in the nuts. The guy crumpled to the ground into fetal position and clutched at what was left of his face. The crowd cheered, chanting for me to finish him. I adjusted the camshaft in my grip and looked down at the broken individual. It would be so easy to finish him, and the asshole probably deserved it. But after the things he’d suggested to Alvena, he needed to suffer for as long as possible. I leaned down close to the guys’ ear. He flinched, curling up into a tighter ball when I put my hand on his arm to steady myself. “She’s still a child,” I said into his perfect ear. “You do not think about doing things like that to a child without karma catching up, you sicko fuck.” I let the camshaft clatter to the concrete floor next to his head as I stood. He jerked away from the sound and let out a long whimpering cry. “I hope you live a long, miserable life, fucktard.” The crowd erupted in boos and hisses as I walked away from the crumpled figure. They dispersed, going back to what they had been doing before I caught the asshole messing with Al. Standing Fast is available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Standing-Fast-Stories-Brigade-Universe-ebook/dp/B0918TJMBQ #AuthorsOfTwitter #authorsoffacebook #readerscommunity #readersoffacebook #readersofinstagram #readersoftwitter #militaryscifi #milfiction #postapocalyptic https://www.instagram.com/p/COQ-biorsGd/?igshid=17dxe52kljhz0