Feast-and-Assimilate

“…first and last month’s rent, the deposit, and I’ll even waive the credit check.” “Why’s the rent so cheap? $500 a month? That’s… kind of insane.” The landlord nodded towards the bedroom. “Go look in the master bath.” Marcie wondered what the hell that meant but okay… she made her way through the amazingly spacious, freshly painted and carpeted, one-bedroom apartment. The master bath held an ugly surprise. Within the bathtub was a bloated corpse floating in green-tinged water lapping at the edge of the tub. Clearly, it had been there for days. It was hard to