A Doctor and his Music.
Doctor Benjamin was proud of his ability to analysis his customers. He would also only treat those who asked few questions. He had adapted and taped his favourite piece of Schubert, Der Doppelgänger. Very few who visited his consulting rooms picked up on the origins of his music or realised the magnitude of what lay behind his adaptations.
If they had seen the piano at which he played, it is still doubtfull that anyone would have realised to magnitude of his depravity. That is unless they had thought about the former use of the room in which he stored and played his musical instrument. He loved his piano more than the tools of his trade. A cosmetic surgeon he was regularly asked to trim away surplus skin, few gave any thought as to what happened to their skin once it had been removed.
Had they examine closely the cover that protected his piano, they might have spotted to amazing patchwork of tiny fragments that had been so carefully stitched together. Death walked with his music.
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LOL! So chilling! He cut the skin off of his patients and made a cover for his piano! OMG! Great story, Mike! (P.S. I think his patients are dead).
Thank you PJ, that was my first thought.
i shudder to think of the stitching – but it suited the prompt perfectly – i missed that – the skin covering.
It is worrying why I spotted it.
keen eye Michael that never misses detail no matter how startling in discovery, teaches me not to rush headlong with my feelings to write but stop and look at the details
You are to kind; sadly I am not always so keen eye’d, and will to often hurry a story. Other times a story may require me to reflect.
Really? Sounds more like me Michael! I am so eager to start writing I forget to take a second look, but I suppose that’s the way it works for me and I am not unhappy with the end product, though I will try to be more mindful in the future, never know what the second look or reflection may say to me. But you do have a different take on most of the prompts which is very refreshing to me.
There is often nothing wrong with first impressions; I have found over time that some stories return for altering, or should I say restitching . It was rather nice to read your last sentence, thank you.
Oh, I wouldn’t like to play this piano. Not with its covering. You gave this story a delightfully macabre touch, and I honestly hope that it was as he said, surplus skin…
Thank you Chris, I hope he only used surplus skin.
Best interpretation of the prompt photo! Excellent work Michael, a chilling tale.
It is kind of you to say that, I really appreciate that.
Great tale, but what a disgusting doctor!!
Joan I so nearly binned this story, so thank you for the vote of confidence.
Creepy and funny and brilliant! Nice one.
My tale is called The Pianist
Thank you for the three great comments Keith, I so nearly binned this story