title: Death of a Grim Reaper
author:  Bali Fields 
description: Bali Fields was born in Jamaica, New York. He has a background in anthropology, enjoys dual citizenship with Ireland, and lives in Massachusetts with his wife and their two sons.
zlib_text: REAPER
  
  S P Cawkwell
  
  > RED COATED EVERYTHING.
  
  Red-churned mud was rendered thick and sticky from all the blood that had
  seeped into it during the long night of the battle's aftermath. The corpses
  that lay strewn across the field were tinged scarlet in the soft glow of the
  morning sun that rose above the trees. It was an ugly place; a place of death
  and destruction, a pit of gore and viscera that should never have been. The
  stench of excrement and the stale, copper stink of blood permeated every
  breath.
  
  And yet…
  
  Despite everything that had taken place on what had once been a flower-filled
  meadow, but which was now the last sodden resting place of countless hundreds,
  it was going to be a beautiful day. Already there was a delicious spring
  warmth in the air. The world went about its business as usual, heedless of
  what had taken place. In a few short hours, the sun would be above the scene,
  playing its part in the slow decomposition of the already rotting bodies. So
  even though there w