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I bring this up because the Goliath was the first thing that popped into

I felt a pinch onBird-Eating Spider leapt out of the fog ofthe blankets aside

It was dark

Lights were off Clock off Everything off

I sat up and squinted down atoff the bed and I could feel the weight of so to the ankle, heavy as a can of beer

A spasrunting in the chill air ofwhatever-it-was The thing went flying across the roo in around s--lots of legs--and a tail Ar as a shoe Black

What in the na a "spider"--even though it clearly wasn’t an arachnid or any other species native to planet Earth--flew across the bedroo behind a basket of laundry I bolted up out of the bed, squinting, edging around the rooetto use as a weapon I pawed around at the ju out from under a copy of Entertainht it rabbed it and threw it, realizing only after it was airborne that it was rabbed for what looked like the heaviest object on the table--a jar of cheese sauce

I spottedwith the effort A thud, a tinkle of broken glass Silence I grabbed the table la out of a stained-glass sculpture of a turkey A birthday present from John I yanked the cord fro it over raphed in midthrow

The spider(?) skittered across the floor, out the doorway, and into the living roos with another half dozen sticking up in the air like dreadlocks, like the thing wasfrozeterror that only acco completely alien I lowered the lamp and forcedI risked a glance down atdown from the bite

That little bastard

I felt a heat, and then a nu I didn’t know if the littlebitten I took three steps toward the doorway and had developed a serious li roo halfhearted ribbons of light on the floor, writhing an of the spider I heard a scratchy rustle from the kitchen tiles to

Molly stepped sleepily towardbluishtail behind her She was looking right atwhy I s if I had any snacks on lanced toward the front door Ten feet of carpet between me and it I had half made up my mind to pack Molly into the car and flee to John’s place, then regroup so that the two of us could coun and holy water

My feet had never been so bare Those little naked toes That spider thing probably looks at those like the ears on a chocolate bunny Where had I left my shoes? I brandished the turkey la fallen asleep I willed it to hold up from here to the driveway

A scream, from behind me

I flinched and spun, then realized it was tone to a sound clip of hiured out how to change it back I snatched the phone froe with an attached photo I opened the ie …

A man’s penis

I quickly closed it What the hell?

The phone sounded again in my hand A call this time I answered

"Dave! Don’t talk Listen You have a picture in your inbox DO NOT OPEN IT I sent it to the wrong number"

"Jesus Christ, John Listen to me--"

"Man, you sound out of breath--"

"John, I--"

The phone slipped frorip it I took a step toward the fallen phone, then another, and the roo my balance--

NO NO YOU CANNOT FALL YOU CANNOT GO DOWN THERE WITH THAT THING!

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