@carlgnash, glad you liked it!

@carlgnash Thanks for the comment and sorry it took me so long to get back to you! I don't get on here very much, but am trying to be more active. I'm glad you liked the story!

Thank you very much @marcybetancourt. I hope it didn't bother you too much after reading. I am glad, however, that it all came together for you. Sometimes it's hard to know how my own thoughts look from

Wow, @bia.birch, thanks so much. I'm glad it touched you in some way, despite being disgusted and confused! I guess that was the intent, so on some level it had an impact and a writer can't ask for more.

I'm happy to know it had the intended effect. That means a lot to me. Thanks for reading ;-)

Thank you very much for your support!

Thanks for reading!

Thanks!

Wow, I never thought it would create such a visceral response, which of course is the dream of anyone who tries to write horror! Glad it did something for you and I'd welcome any feedback you have on my

Thanks very much for the kind comments. I really appreciate it - but most of all I am glad that you enjoyed it.

I was definitely going for a subterranean terror, a fear of something you cannot see but is ever present. I'm glad you enjoyed it. As for your question about writing a continuation - yes and no. I've tried

My thoughts exactly!

I'm very happy you noticed the connection! Hopefully I wasn't so spot on it seemed derivative. I like the concept of a force that is really too ancient and powerful to defeat. It's not just that it is

Thank you for the great feedback. Yes, I was definitely going for the isolation that a kid feels when they realize that their parents are truly separate people with their own lives and histories. There

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for reading!

Thank for reading and I'm glad you liked it. I struggled a bit with the ending and felt that maybe I could've made it stronger, but I am happy it had some of the intended effect!

Thanks for reading and for the introspection. My own child has a chronic illness and has been hospitalized multiple times, so I admit sometimes I dwell on such thoughts and maybe the fiction is a way of

Thank you!

Yes. In a way this story is an illustration of narcissism at work. The sensistive part of us is our sense of who we are. When that gets compromised terrible things can follow.

Thanks! I will keep writing