A SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a ghastly serenade conducted from the depths of abandonment, oozed like liquid night across the room. Each note was a shard twisting in the soul, pulling at the fibers of sanity. A single spotlight washed over the saxophonist, his face a mask, his eyes staring vacantly on some unseen horror. The patrons, transfixed, could only bear witne