“Dusk danced over the tops of the carnival tents as Edwin walked with his wife along the thoroughfare.”
And so begins the story of Edwin and Sam when on a rare night away from his work in the laboratory, Edwin takes his wife for a stroll through a local carnival boasting a rare collection of exotic species. That collection will bring him face-to-face with the deadliest spider in the world—and may contain the very thing he needs to keep death from ever darkening his doorstep.
My story “White Widow” is available in the creepy-crawly anthology Murderbugs: An Arthropod Anthology (Unhelpful Encyclopedia vol. 2) by WonderBird Press ~ edited by Mike Jack Stoumbos ~ original story art by —. (April 2024)
Available in paper and kindle (audiobook coming soon!) on Amazon HERE.
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From the publisher:
“B” is for Big Book of Bugs
The Unhelpful Encyclopedia returns for another adventure into the deep, dark, creepy, crawly places of the world. Lift up a few rocks to find the murderous machinations of your garden-variety pests, multi-legged specimens from other worlds, and seldom-witnessed hard-shelled giants forgotten by time but never by the survivors.
Each of the twenty tales in the Murderbugs anthology features an encounter with a different arthropod, who might play the villain, victim, or victor. So kick back in your mosquito net and enjoy illustrated installments from Desmond Astaire, David Hankins, N. V. Haskell, Ryan Cole, and more.
Alicia Cay 