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Aiden Marquis's avatar

I can't stand cockroaches. 🤢

But this was a good story.

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Thank you

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Louis Urbanowski's avatar

Superb!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Thank you

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MdH's avatar

OMG!!! nightmares tonight!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Excellent…LOL

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Nick Winney's avatar

they will inherit the earth... nice work! gleefully awful!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Thank you

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Carl Schell's avatar

Another good one with that fun twist I’m becoming used to from you. Ballinger is a great character name, especially here.

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

It’s actually the last name of the group member who came up with the prompt.

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Carl Schell's avatar

Love that. Where character names come from is forever a fun story.

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Hellish Views - Harry Evans's avatar

This is gold!!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Cheers

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Teresa Dovalpage's avatar

La Cucaracha! It scared me, reminded me of some palmetto bugs. Such a good story!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Thank you

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Shay Morgendorffer's avatar

My audible "ewww" was perfectly timed as someone I'm not particularly fond of finished delivering her report in our weekly leadership meeting 😂 thank you for this 👾

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Delighted I could add the perfect exclamation point to the meeting.

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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

They always say that in the event of a nuclear war, cockroaches will survive.

But, they never said anything about roach infested humans.

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Definitely a new wrinkle.

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Wendy Cockcroft's avatar

Aaaagggghhhh! That was deliciously horrible! Oh, the thought of those creepy crawlies!!! Oh, I'll be having nightmares! Great job!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

LOL. Thank you.

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Wendy Cockcroft's avatar

It seriously creeped me out. ::Shudder::

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Anubhav Acharya's avatar

This is why I never read Clive Barker. Roaches make my skin crawl, disgusting insects

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

They are unpleasant.

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Cynthia Harris's avatar

Revenge of the roaches.

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Down with humans!!

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Leonard Tillerman's avatar

So very creepy! Excellent horrific storytelling!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Thank you!!

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Becky Hayward's avatar

"...until his legs began to twitch." So good.

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Thank you.

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George R. Galuschak's avatar

Great story! The illustration is great, too!

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Cheers!!

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Jolandi's avatar

Aaaaaahhhh no! eeeeeck!!!!

🪳💀🪳💀🪳💀🪳💀🪳💀🪳

😱😂😭😱😂😭😱😂😭😱😂

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John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

LOL

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