STARING RIGHT AT YOU

(Now published in the Summer 2021 issue of DOOR IS A JAR MAGAZINE!)

You’re speeding down the highway late one night. Music blasting on the radio, a half-empty energy drink in the cup-holder and somehow you’re still tired. There aren’t any other cars on the road this time of night, no harm in going just a bit over the speed limit.

The soothing female voice of your GPS tells you the exit you’ve been driving towards is just up ahead. Sure enough, you see the green sign for your exit coming up on the right. Taking your foot off the gas, you click your blinker on and begin to make the turn.

The exit is a steep, sharp turn. You grip the steering wheel tight and move to tap the brake but you stop. Something doesn’t look right.

What is that?

There’s some kind of dark spot in front of you. Something on the road? No…no, not on the road. In the glow of your car’s dashboard, you can just make out the silhouette of a tiny dark speck drifting in front of your face.

It’s just as your car enters the turn when your vision clears and you recognize eight little black legs.

THE END.