The Playboy

The playboy decided to invite two women over for the evening. His simple belief system stated that competition was healthy and would provide the best outcome. Neither the blond woman nor the brunette woman knew the other was coming until it was too late, when they were both in the playboy’s penthouse apartment. The playboy’s calculations were correct and the blond woman and the brunette woman went to great lengths to outperform the other on the sex front. The playboy felt satisfied. The blond woman and the brunette woman felt exhausted from all their efforts and fell asleep curled up next to each other in the playboy’s bed. The playboy stood over them and was overwhelmed with revulsion at the women. The blond woman’s makeup had stained his pillows and the brunette woman had an unappealing wedgie. The playboy smoked his rolled cigarette and continued to look at them and then look away just to look at them again. He didn’t understand how anyone could be so disgusting and think so low of herself. He smothered both of them with pillows at the same time, which was quite a feat. When he was done he knew that he had to get out of Dallas. He quickly left for Europe because he had the means and connections. The Swiss were in no hurry to deport him because Europe was in dire straits that took up a lot of diplomats’ concentrations and thoughts. The Swiss people knew what the playboy was accused of, but this did not affect his popularity with women, for which the playboy was grateful and repulsed. Even though he never respected women, he didn’t murder again. Murder made him feel bad for women, and he preferred the other feelings.

Jane Liddle grew up in Newburgh, NY, and now lives in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in wigleaf, Heavy Feather Review, alice blue, Thrice Fiction, and elsewhere. She has recently finished a collection of short stories. You can find her at liddlejane.tumblr.com or on Twitter @janeriddle.