THE PATHOLOGIST

art by @vermillionfox

She took out a comb from the cabinet and passed it through his hair before covering him up to his shoulders. She believed that even when dead, humans had to be treated with respect and dignity. This one had died of cardiac arrest during a marathon. His coronary artery was already clogged up with a plague and the strain from the marathon caused it to give up. He was too young to go that way. She walked away from the corpse to note her findings. A low guttural noise caused her to turn and look at the corpse. Its eyes had opened and they were looking straight at her. She jumped. After spending years in the job, she was still not used to its eery nature. The corpse's blue eyes seemed to look right through her. It was unnerving so she went and held them shut. That was when she noticed a bulge under the sheet. She threw it back only to find an erect phallus. She had not seen one in years and looked at it with longing. A month later, she missed her period.