MicroHorror

Having Tony around for holidays like this one was nice, Veronica thought to herself as she picked up the small heart-shaped box of candy and walked toward the door at the rear of the house.

She’d had some issues with boyfriends in the past, and Tony had been no different. He was wonderful at the beginning, but then he became abusive. First he used his mouth, then he used his fists. But they’d worked things out, and everything was fine now.

Veronica reached the door and opened it. Flipping the light switch, she stepped into the garage, reflecting on how Tony had been with her since just after Christmas. She’d have to do something really special for him next time Christmas rolled around. For now, the candy would be fine.

Veronica stopped in front of the industrial-sized freezer. She opened the lid and waved away the escaping fog to reveal Tony’s frozen corpse. She gently fitted the heart-shaped box into the hole in Tony’s chest where his own heart used to be. She leaned down and kissed his frosty, grey lips, then straightened back up and smiled, licking the moisture from her lips. “Happy Valentine’s Day, baby,” she said, and she closed the freezer lid.