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Louis Urbanowski's avatar

Superb!

Shay Morgendorffer's avatar

Now I feel creepy crawlies all over me 🫣

MdH's avatar

OMG!!! nightmares tonight!

Nick Winney's avatar

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

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.

John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

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

Carl Schell's avatar

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

Hellish Views - Harry Evans's avatar

This is gold!!

Teresa Dovalpage's avatar

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

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 👾

John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

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

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.

John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

Definitely a new wrinkle.

Wendy Cockcroft's avatar

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

Wendy Cockcroft's avatar

It seriously creeped me out. ::Shudder::

Anubhav Acharya's avatar

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

Cyn Harris's avatar

Revenge of the roaches.

Becky Hayward's avatar

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

George R. Galuschak's avatar

Great story! The illustration is great, too!

Jolandi's avatar

Aaaaaahhhh no! eeeeeck!!!!

🪳💀🪳💀🪳💀🪳💀🪳💀🪳

😱😂😭😱😂😭😱😂😭😱😂

Dale L. Roberts's avatar

Well done; great read.