#WeirdVSS – best of 30.09.2020

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Of the very short stories written on Wednesday the 30th of September 2020, here are five of my favourites. Also, just for this week, the author of my very favourite story won a copy of Laird Barron’s The Imago Sequence and Other Stories on audible. Congratulations, @SarahSureShot! Thanks to everyone who contributed, and please don’t forget to make your blood offerings before the next #WeirdVSS prompt. This is the price we all must pay, and we pay it willingly.

When the #insect first began burrowing into my brain, I was horrified. But, over time, I have befriended the little parasite and would do anything to protect him.

After all, he was the one who helped me realize my family was the real enemy.#weirdvss
— S a r a h (@SarahSureShot) September 30, 2020

Dave tried to ignore the woman at the other end of the train car. She looked like a praying mantis. Her eyes, the long slender legs. Each time he looked up, she seemed closer.
The train pulled into the next station. She crossed her legs in the empty car. #WeirdVSS #insect
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) September 30, 2020

At first, we thought they were sunspots. It wasn't until the higher-resolution telescopes focused in that the truth became clear.

Each spot was a titanic #insect swarm, a cloud of bugs nibbling away at the sun itself. We could only watch as our star dimmed and died.#WeirdVSS
— Micah Edwards (@micahwrites) October 1, 2020

The cave-in had blocked the way back; she surveyed the room. There was a wide, round pool at the center of the stone-lined room, filling with a roiling black fluid. As the liquid began to crest over the side of the pool, she realized every drop of water was an #insect.#weirdvss
— Brian Smith (@BeerAndRockets) September 30, 2020

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