Slither (42 page)

"You're not? Jeez, you must eat a lot."

The little shit! Then Ruth looked down ...

Her belly was bloated, indeed, like a woman close to
term. Ruth's eyes widened, her hands feeling the distended stomach stretched pinprick tight.

Holy fuck. I wasn't like this a few hours ago .. .

Very slowly she raised her T-shirt up over her stomach-

"Eww! Look! She's got cooties!"

Several of the girls stared, while several others ran
away.

The skin of Ruth's swollen stomach was yellow as
custard, with bright red spots.

She looked around in the deepest dread, surrounded
by a thousand Girl Scouts, and she had a funny feeling
that her water would be breaking any minute now.

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EDWARD LEE has had over twenty-five hooks published in the horror and suspense fields, including
Flesh Gothic, Messenger and City Infernal. He is
a Bram Stoker Award nominee, and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass market
anthologies, including The Best American
Mystery Stories of 2000, the Ilot Blood series,
and the award-winning 999. His movie, Header,
has been filmed and awaits release. Lee lives
in Florida's St. Pete Beach. Visit his official website at www.edwardleeonline.coni.