Short Fiction: Cracker

Just when you thought Halloween was over, here's a horror story about death by joint popping by Bethany Browning.

By Bethany Browning

Mother died cracking her neck. Balled her fist, positioned it under her chin and pushed sharply to the left. The hyperextension snapped her vertebral artery in two, causing a stroke there was no coming back from. First, the left side of her face slid into a slobbery droop. Next, she was twitching on the kitchen floor until she wasn’t …