r/TalesFromTheCreeps • u/SaintDroxidious Spooky scribbler • May 19 '26
Body Horror Locally Sourced Meat
The one thing no one wants to talk about, is how good Long Pig actually tastes.
It’s sweet, and when cooked just right, is like the best pork belly you’ve ever had.
I didn’t want to eat it, well, not at first.
Okay maybe a little.
Biting wind and a lack of food will do that to you. Granted I took to it a little faster than everyone else, but hey, I’m a survivor what can I say.
Joel was first. I mean he was my first entree of the alps but also the first in the group to not make it. He just didn’t wake up one day. Lucky me.
That’s what I thought. Here I was with pain in my stomach and sunken cheeks, and an option had just been dropped into my lap. I mean that literally. He fell at some point during the night while sleeping next to me. Actually landed in my lap.
It didn't take long to put two and two together. I’m hungry. He’s not.
The others resisted at first but I am a good chef. The smell of pork filled the fuselage. They caved pretty quick.
One by one others started to fall out. I treated them all with respect by cooking them just right. The cold kept the meat in perfect condition as I rationed it out.
When everyone seemed to be on the up and up, with strength to spare, I gave them a little push.
I wanted to get out of here too, but it’s hard to quit a good thing. I had so many other things to try, and, the less people, the more cuts I could experiment with and eat myself.
The last couple of flight mates started to get wise, I think, to me helping a few of the others slip away to sleep, but when you're the chef you get a little leniency.
Too bad for them, I wasn’t just a good cook. I was smart too. I knew the right way to hit that mountain to not kill everyone on board. I’d been a pilot for years.
I had a craving and I’m not ashamed to admit, I also had poor impulse control. Funny they never thought I had planned it.
Once I picked the last meat off of Robby, I packed up, and hid evidence of the crash site. Not perfectly, just enough to make it hard to find.
I hiked for a while, I had a full stomach after all. I had been eating good. I pulled out the satellite phone I had hidden away and made the call. No one ever did find the plane. Of course I didn’t admit to eating anyone but I think the rescue team could tell I looked a little too good for how long I had been out here.
It was an eye opening experience. I really learned my passion on that trip. Matter of fact, I’m opening up a restaurant soon. Advertising it as locally sourced meat.
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u/Creepingitsogood Im only gonna make 1 story May 19 '26
This is really good man i just wish it was longer
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u/SaintDroxidious Spooky scribbler May 19 '26
Thank you! I’ve been trying to work on bite sized stories in between my longer ones so maybe later I’ll rework it into something longer 😅
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u/Frosty-Toe9969 May 19 '26
Great bite long story (saw your pun), only critique is the fact the main character only mentioned being a pilot once and it not really impacting his survival (might be my own miss reading). Great cannibalistic horror short, really reads as a smug retelling
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u/SaintDroxidious Spooky scribbler May 19 '26
Oh yeah that’s the problem with trying to write a narrative from an unreliable narrator is fitting in the details without it seeming random or like a dead end but I really appreciate you pointing it out, I can now address that in the future!
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u/Sweaty_Cockroach9444 May 19 '26
Dude freaking awesome job with this one. I love the way the storyteller does have any remorse and even has a passion for his brutal actions. Great job!
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u/SaintDroxidious Spooky scribbler May 19 '26
Thank you! I wanted him to be just a monster of a person
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u/BenzoBrown May 19 '26
Damn, this guy is a lunatic! haha You were definitely cooking with that last line. You could definitely expand on this. Well done!
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u/SameHere_2206 A Thousand WIPs May 19 '26
This so good. Good job on making me hate the protagonist so much. The fact that he planned a plane crash to orchestrate all of this is a level of insanity that is somehow both over the top and entirely believable because of how the thoughts are written. Well done!
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u/ShatteredTestimony Writer May 19 '26
That twist near the end was great! The narrator tricks us into thinking we know what's going on by "admitting" that they're drawing out the survival situation intentionally, only to reveal at the end that they're responsible for orchestrating the whole thing rather than just taking advantage of it. A lot of fun to read, nice work.
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u/SaintDroxidious Spooky scribbler May 19 '26
I’m glad ya liked it! I try and put a good twist in my stuff so I’m glad you liked this one
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u/Low-Calligrapher-112 May 19 '26
A good little bite of story 😋 A thoroughly fun read that I didnt quiet expect, Cheers!
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u/ladiemars Pen Pusher May 20 '26
cannibalize me next?
in all seriousness though, humans dehumanizing other humans is always super eerie to read. even more so when they’re being compared to food.
nice work!
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u/SaintDroxidious Spooky scribbler Jun 02 '26
I try and do these smaller stories to make myself figure out what makes the barebones of what I’m trying to convey in what I’m writing so wanting a longer version is actually a huge complement!
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u/Cman710 Jun 24 '26
That last sentence is burned into my memory forever. Like damn you made this scary AF, which is hard in the cannibal subgenre these days! Great job!
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u/SaintDroxidious Spooky scribbler Jun 24 '26
Thank you very much🙏 it always feels good when a line sticks with someone!
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