A SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a spectral serenade played from the depths of despair, sloshed like liquid night across the room. Each note was a needle twisting in the soul, pulling at the threads of light. A single spotlight illuminated the saxophonist, his face pale and taut, his eyes glazed on some unseen horror. The patrons, transfixed, could only watch as their o