He called himself ‘The Hangman’ but a more appropriate name might be ‘The Strangler’ or ‘The Garrotter’ he thought as he sat in an armchair, twisting the thin yellow nylon rope garrotte between his hands, twisting and winding it back and forth, wrapping it around the palm and knuckles of one hand, then the palm and knuckles of the other hand, then around both hands, then grasping the wooden toggles and snapping the rope tight between them.
He tossed the garrotte to one side, and cracked his knuckles before picking up the garotte again … twisting … twisting … twisting.
