A SOUL PIERCING SAXOPHONIC DESPAIR

The music, a macabre serenade wrung from the depths of helplessness, oozed like black honey across the room. Each note was a needle twisting in the soul, pulling at the tendrils of sanity. A single spotlight washed over the saxophonist, his face drawn and hollow, his eyes fixed on some unseen horror. The audience, numb, could only bear witness as t