Okay, I know I'm a horror writer and I am supposed to (and do have) an iron stomach. But occasionally it will get turned. The subject matter in this matter is cannibalism. Not just any cannibalism. Consensual cannibalism.

The victim (or willing party), a well-paid Siemens microchip engineer, Bernd-Juergen Brandes, wrote back to cannibal and German computer expert Armin Meiwes, 42: 'I offer myself to you and will let you dine from my live body. Not butchery, dining!! Whoever REALLY wants to do it will need a REAL VICTIM!!' Then he took a day off from his job, bought a one-way train ticket, and met Meiwes in his home town of Rotenburg. I won't go into details but I'm sure if you'll find it archived in some international online newspaper.

Although I can technically attribute the churning to hunger (I haven't had breakfast), I do feel rather nauseated reading this case. Now, this coming from someone who can happily chomp pizza through any horror movie. I realise there are limits after all to my apparently high threshold. It reminds me I am still human, and I am glad for that. :D