All Comments on 'Dead Reckoning'

Interesting story but not much of a LW story.

Nice. The arsehole got his just deserts.

That’s what we need. More realistic stories about everyday life in the suburbs. 5 stars!

"Emily was sat on the sofa" - I was going to criticize "was sat," actually looked it up, apparently it's not an uncommon usage in British usage. You should be careful if you have an American (maybe Canadian?) speaker and use "sitting" or "seated."

Different. I the wife agreeing to humiliate her husband and then committing suicide seems a stretch. That I can't imagine. If a wife agrees to abuse her husband in that manner then she already has little to no compassion and empathy in the first place.

Nice idea.

I kept thinking there should be a Cuck Terminator Inc. where the cuck and the bull be eliminated but the wife will go to rehabilitation to become a decent woman again. I do believe it is the fault of the husband/cuck that the wife becomes a slut and a town's 403 by forcing these poor women for the cucks' sexual gratification. Same when a wife forces husbands to become unwilling cuck, the company eliminates the wife and bull and rehabs the husband.

Hmmm...like in the Saddletramps1956 stories about a cuck rehab camp...

Awesome story... Nice to see something original, and with a twist.

Well told tale.

5 stars

Only non cuck or hot wife story today. Some days there are way too many of those garbage stories. Thank you.

A word of advice- if you plan of still using the car, don't put a 'large' man in the trunk and then shoot him in there. Really difficult to get him out. Just sayin'......

A bit of dark fun.

Contract assassins aside, I would be surprised if quite a number of men, crazy enough to try screwing with female employees like this, didn't wind up very dead or very wounded at least.

Real BTB, but this time...

... Burn the Bastard

Five easy stars *****

Dumb

Original, entertaining finish to many unfinished stories. Father with resources protecting his daughter's family and cancelling the the cause of her demise and his grief: many Dads would like to be able to.

Boring. And stupid. Very lame attempt to make the 2 killers seem like they are doing good. Even tne setup was stupid…why go to all that trouble to lure the target into doing his schtick again? Just eliminate him.

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Meh. 2 **

Almost humorous (maybe intended), but too brief for complexity, and why LW category.

An interesting diversion. Well done flash.

Love it

a series ahead?

Great read!

I know a few guys who would love to hire these two. I can always count on MattblackUK for a well-written and entertaining story. This one gets a 5 from me. Thanks, Matt.

Nice little short tale on a monster getting his due.

Way over the top but. It worked more less it was entertaining in a dark way

This is “a lighthearted story”? I’d hate to read your dark shit.

I beg to differ. A married team of assassins must have the highest trust and commitment to avoid failure and jail. There is no room for others to wedge into your relationship, and each know that the penalty for betrayal would be deadly.

Plus each new assignment is a new extended role play adventure.

I always enjoy a new MattBlack story. I like that the guy wasn't killed by a cucked husband. That alone was different from the usual.

5🌟 For the quick and dirty BTB. No one likes a guy like Barthold Kingley except for another guy like Barthold Kingley! The world would be better off without their kind. A story about a man named Ken Rex McElroy was posted just recently, turns out he was a real individual and quite a distasteful one at that. Wikipedia has an article. I was flabbergasted to see the crap he got away with. Old Western Justice (may have been Justice O. Peace?) caught him in the end.

Loved it, but what do I know according to that person anonymous - LOL! Fun ride and great flash story. 5*

Talk about a great public service, making California better place by removing one migrant east coast asshole at a time.

I dido Harddaysknight’s comments with this story Matt! The father-in-law doing the hiring was sweet! Thank-you again for talent

I love when someone shows up and gives us either a really well put together story or an outright bit of fun like this.

Much better than the usual "cuck by the numbers" the writers with alternating pen names keep giving us.

Short, sweet and definitely to the point😁 . Many thanks Matt, top marks

When a bully meets a monster or two.

this is that continuation of every story that has the cheating wife kill herself story

I’m in favor of anyone who removes one of these bombastic “bulls” from the game permanently. Good story Mr Black.

what does this have to do with loving wives? its simply a contract killing. you've wasted our time

Hard for me to score. I generally like your stories so I scored this one a 5 which I thought would be fairer than a 4!

The Money Shot (Auto-5!): "Not the sort of mountaineering ice pick that was used to murder Trotsky, but a modified barman's ice pick."

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Huzzah!!! Watch that tongue, mate, as it's liable to bruise the inside of your cheek. 5+++/5!

Now that was pure unadulterated fun

Scores 5/5

A rimless .32 caliber round? You obviously don't know how rare that round is. Which means he can use that weapon one time only, and he has to destroy and eliminate the weapon. So I guess we are supposed to think that the body will be eliminated with no trace. But a professional should leave his kill so that even if the police find the body there is no useful evidence as to the method and cause of death. Also, all the talk and explanation is pointless and dangerous; the victim could have been a setup, wearing a wire. And how can they know if he didn't brag to someone about where he was going and would be doing? The whole point of a criminal assassination is the death of the target, with the least warning, evidence, and delay. Sloppy work, all the way round. But thanks for the effort.

It IS possible to use a deft, light touch with murder: see early Hitchcock. It doesn't often happen because it's hard to do. Congratulations, author.

Yes! Fun little 5* story with a surprise twist I didn't see coming.

Best thing about this story was the title.

Can't believe this hit team would clean up their apartment leaving no clues yet rely on someone(s) else to take care of the body and the car. Would never happen. The fewer people involved in their business, the less likelihood of loose lips.

Note to gun porn anony blowhard:

Putz!

Sorry, but this is NOT LW. Closest category might be Non-Erotic. A multitude of quibbles raise their ugly heads! Why wait months? Why do it in a rented apartment in which they are sure to leave skin-cells, hair and fingerprints? Yeah, since it is a story (non-erotic) they DO have to explain everything! Stabbing with an ice-pick? Colorful but Stupid. The specialty career of Cleaner does exist where frequent demand exists, but the Cleanee is NOT left alone to await Cleaner at his/her leisure.

unrated, but adolescent fantasy.

LOL. Who knew there were so many experts in the methodology of hit men? The Lit readership contains many contract killers, with vast repositories of knowledge. Good to know, should I ever wish to write a story with hit men in it. Fine job, Mr. Black. Write another, please. Randi.

5 stars for writer. Excellent job of putting cocky boss in his place, in the ground. LOL I love a happy ending.

Ah ..... I know orders are orders but he was correct in saying "But I never made her do that". So the father of Liz was just lashing out, just looking for a target to throw his disgust and disappointment at which ultimately should have been directed at his now deceased daughter Liz. Liz didn't have a strong enough character to say "NO" to her boss's advances, hell she probably didn't even tell her paycheck that she was being harassed at work.

Why is it that when a woman cheats, she was "seduced", but when a man cheats, well he's just a piece of shit that ruined his marriage a children's lives? (to be clear I HATE cheating, no matter who is the offender)

Assassination for pay? Ah, too be young acgacin.