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POD 
by Alyson Faye 

Swollen

weaponised

prickles, poised

to spawn,

spreading spores

through the skies

seizing life

by its bloody,

iron-rich guts;

bleaching,

leaching

the world

to wintry ashes.

.

It is our time.

We are many.

We long to dance

in the silver nitrate air,

seek sustenance

from the lungs

of others –

burying our secret

under their skins.

.

Fiction © Copyright Alyson Faye
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

More from Alyson Faye:

The Lost Girl & Spindleshanks

The Lost Girl
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Spindleshanks
Adam is having nightmares about a skeletal shadow figure, who he calls Spindleshanks. Soon his whole class are sharing the same nightmare. Adam’s dad, Rob, knows that Spindleshanks can’t be real. But is he? One terrible night Rob has to face his son’s nightmare creature and fight for his son’s life. What would you sacrifice to have your child back safe?

“A decent two-for-one. Alyson Faye brings the engaging and eerie in equal measure.” CC Adams – horror / dark fiction author

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