The two large alien arachnids skulked in the shadows watching and waiting. Then the smaller of the two leaned across to the other and whispered,
“Tell me again Alf, how’s this going to work?”
“Dead simple Sam. When the human thing comes in here to put on his old boots his feet will be trapped in our webs. He won’t be able to move.”
“And then?”
“You start nibbling his right leg, I’ll have a go at the left. Well leave the arms and torso for lunchtime and the head will make a nice supper before bed. Are you ready?”
MikeJackson©2017
Photo courtesy of Sarah Potter
A 100-word story for Friday Fictioneers.
Mike Jackson 
Gruesome, and so matter of fact!
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They were a couple of matter of fact arachnids.
Thanks for dropping by Iain.
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I will be careful when putting on my shoes from now on… gruesome is the right world, though I would have felt it even more scary if they had hatched eggs under my skin.
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I like the egg hatching idea.
Thanks for your comments Björn.
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My daughter’s worst nightmare when she was young! She claimed she could see the spiders’ jaws moving.
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Now that is a scary thought!
Thanks for your comments Christine.
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As someone who’s nursing a nasty spider bite on their upper arm, I didn’t need to read this today. Nicely done
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I’m glad your spider wasn’t as hungry as Alf and Sam.
Thanks for dropping by Sandra.
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This made me cringe.
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Great!
Thanks for your comments.
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Reminded me of the little shop of horrors. “Feed me, Seymour. It must be blood and it must be fresh!”
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These spiders were certainly after ‘fresh’.
Thanks for your comments Kelvin.
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Urgh. There seems to be a lot of spiders around this summer.
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And some of them are not very pleasant.
Thanks for dropping by.
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Always knew those arachnids had a plan.. Smack! Oh, sorry, that one was a little to close to my shoe!
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Wonderfully twisted take on the prompt.
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A tasty tale – for the aliens anyway!
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Yikes! Apparently those are some humungous spiders! Shivers. :o)
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Gah! Shuddering here.
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This is how the invasion will begin… dusty shoes!
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