thats great! wasnt expecting that ending for a moment! nice! leaves you wanting more pre and post story... what was the inspiration? an old building?.an old chlorine dioxide sign? a spidery husk?
For the record, I had a couple of alternate endings that would have made it a bit longer, but I decided it would be better to leave it to the reader’s imagination.
The primary inspiration was a crumbling, abandoned funeral home near my office, but I figured out what I wanted after re-watching Alien with my daughter. The chlorine is from a real life episode in which the Army was called in to decontaminate a building infected with Ebola (and because I worked in a paper mill that used chlorine dioxide for pulp bleaching).
So glad I finally got to read this! Loved the web you weaved throughout with the spider imagery.
Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Great sense of creeping dread. And a great coda too. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Thank you!
I’m about to turn in for the night. Thanks for the nightmare fuel! 😂
That’s the reaction I was hoping for!
thats great! wasnt expecting that ending for a moment! nice! leaves you wanting more pre and post story... what was the inspiration? an old building?.an old chlorine dioxide sign? a spidery husk?
For the record, I had a couple of alternate endings that would have made it a bit longer, but I decided it would be better to leave it to the reader’s imagination.
The primary inspiration was a crumbling, abandoned funeral home near my office, but I figured out what I wanted after re-watching Alien with my daughter. The chlorine is from a real life episode in which the Army was called in to decontaminate a building infected with Ebola (and because I worked in a paper mill that used chlorine dioxide for pulp bleaching).
thanks... i love hearing about the inspiration for stories. sometimes a great idea comes from something you walk past every day.
Chilling as always!
Thanks!