An Act of Revenge Story Challenge 2017

Burgundy:
...she flew at him with her fists, landing punches randomly all over his body.

Burgundy:
..."Mmph," he grunted once when her right fist hit him on his ear, and covered his face with his arms after that.

Burgundy:
...In a few instances, the [coat] hanger accidentally landed on his lower back or against the side of his hip instead of on his ass

Burgundy:
...The damage was ghastly. Her mouth dropped open and she squeaked in distress at the sight of him.

Burgundy:
..."I just hope I'll be able to walk without limping tomorrow," he added dolefully

Burgundy:
..."You were really trying hard to cripple me for life." He rubbed the welts on his lower back

Burgundy:
...She hoped she hadn't seriously injured him, and felt suddenly worried for him. All kinds of delicate organs sat right underneath the skin in the lower back, where she had accidentally struck him several times.

Burgundy:
..."Maybe you should see a doctor," she said. "Maybe you have internal bleeding or something."

Burgundy:
...He couldn't see a doctor looking like that, covered in bruises from an evidently vicious beating.

confused punishment with revenge,

it's hard to develop any sympathy for either side, when each is as bad as the other.

being spanked to death? Mmmmmm, such sweet sorrow. What a way to go

"death, where is thy sting?"

Good one! And didn't Charon paddle people across the Styx to the underworld? Though I guess in this case they were already dead...

I haven't quite read all the challenge entries yet, but it's possible the 'spanked to death' scenario being referred to isn't quite how it sounds - there's a story in which the (until that point happy) spankee is accidentally asphyxiated by the over-enthusiastic spanker with a hand over her mouth.

I think maybe the Charon story was misrepresented? Perhaps he rowed the dead across the River Styx IF they had coins on their eyes.......BUT if they had no coins to offer, he paddled their butts across......perhaps while listening to Styx.