Benjamin Peek | Upon the Body

The sin-eater arrived in Zonia Province two days before the death of the great gun fighter, Arryo Salazar. He was a small man, the sin-eater, thin and wiry, a rusting coil. At sixty-four, he had left the tautness of youth behind, and his skin, wrinkled, but importantly still unmarked, sagged and folded when he spoke. | Copyright 2014 by Ben Peek. Narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices