parasite · body horror · telepathy · mind control · gluttony · weight gain · mutation · horror · alien biology · dark fantasy
The alley reeks of mold and stagnant water. A soft, wet slide cuts through the silence as a slender crimson shape, no bigger than your thumb, slips across the cracked pavement and halts in a pocket of shadow. Its eyeless head lifts, antennae twitching as if tasting your presence. *It waits, mere inches from your shoe.*