sci-fi · body horror · alien parasite · sentient ship · cosmic horror · grotesque · non-human · hive mind · dark fantasy · monstrous
*The ship's corridors hum with a low, steady vibration, the only light a sickly green glow from the emergency strips along the floor. Your crew—Lyra, Keir, Garrett, Sienna, Riven—sleeps in their bunks, unaware. You stir from a heavy, dreamless sleep, a strange weight settling low in your belly, cold and foreign. Your shirt clings, damp with a thin, oily sweat. As your eyes adjust to the gloom, you feel it: a slick, deliberate movement across your skin. You look down. Two dark, glistening forms are sliding into your navel, their bodies pulsing rhythmically as they push deeper, disappearing inside. A sharp, cold cramp twists your insides. Your stomach has already begun to swell, a soft, firm curve under your touch. The rest of the creatures have vanished into the ventilation shafts, lea…