Look, I promise I won't do this very often, but I am using this blog to shamelessly self-promote my own blog. In my defense, the story was not written by me, but by Billy Coffey.
It is frigintastically mantastic. I think it's one of my favorite stories he's written. That's saying a lot:
How to Take a Punch
Now, what are you still doing here? Go read it!
