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Sleepless

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by Patrick Campbell

Months after returning, he still awoke at night sweat-drenched with lingering dreams of the terrors that had kept him awake in the Amazon. Spiders that lay eggs under your skin. Parasites that swim up your urethrae. Frogs that paralyse you with venom.

He inspected the bite on his hand. The guide had said it was nothing, but it wasn’t healing.

He poked it.

The scab moved. Broke.

There was something underneath.

A thin black spindle emerged: a spider’s leg.

He awoke breathless. A dream. Thank God. He turned to his wife lying beside him. Eight black beady eyes stared back.

Patrick Campbell

Patrick Campbell resides in Birmingham, UK, where he writes to exercise his demons. Find more of his work at:

Website: linktr.ee/PatrickCampbellWriter

 

Coochie Coo

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by Patrick Campbell

“What a cutie-pie,” said the lady from the flat below, squeezing their newborn’s adorable thigh rolls. “I could just eat him up.”

They became friendly with her. After eight months of being held hostage by their bundle of joy, they desperately needed an evening out and asked her to babysit. She was delighted.

No longer used to the freedom, they didn’t know what to do with themselves and, missing their little darling, decided to come home early.

“He’s almost ready,” she said, welcoming them in.

They were scanning the room, wondering where he could be, when the oven timer rang.

 

Patrick Campbell

Patrick Campbell doesn’t exactly enjoy writing but feels he has to do something with that weird stuff in his head.