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I see colorful bugs Brown ones Green ones White ones too They creep on the floorUnder the doorCreep in your shoesI don't know what to doI had one named Joe Another named Amy When they got smashed  I cried like a baby

Keeper of the Crackling Lights of Sudden Death

Few heed the warnings of the Keeper of the Lights, but it's a steady job.

“Don’t do it,” said the moth to the mosquito. “Don’t fly into those lights.” The old moth was sitting on his perch next to the blue lights, trying to talk some sense into the mosquito. “Those lights will suck the life right out of you,” he warned the mosquito. But the mosquito flew into the lights anyhow. For once the blue lights got into their eyes there was no talking to them. And it only got worse when there was a full...

Foreground: Operation New Moon (Lucy)

Another excerpt of Foreground: Operation New Moon, mostly dialogue, enjoy!

Lucy hops around the sapphire blue fire, occasionally flapping her tiny wings to get a good feel of them. I load my magazines with ammunition and watch her as she dances around the flame. Here on Cordial, most firewood stored enough energy to turn the flame blue, and the one branch I found did exactly that, and it lit up the area around the crashed gunship very well tonight, there isn't a single crack we can't see."She su...

The Little Bed Bug

The life of a bed bug.

I am a bed bug, named Tilly. Sometimes I crawl on your Willy. No I`m not being rude... You have all misconstrued! You share your bed... With a bug named Willy. Okay... So you think I am silly? I hope to marry your Willy. Do you hear what I say? We will marry one day! Tilly Will, marry your Willy. A honeymoon will be spent on your cover. And if Willy`s an excellent lover.We will be ... Close kith and kin. Feasting upon you...

"Shit!" I spit as I trip. I spin around as I drop, rifle raised and finger on the trigger. I lay there panting, scanning the bloodied walls of the colony houses. God knows what happened to the people who once owned all that blood. Blood on the streets, the walls, and hell, I'm sitting in blood! Lucy coos uneasily in my left ear. Say what you want, but this lil' blue bird which is miraculously still on my shoulder is the b...

You made me jump!

The Great Horsefly Steeplechase

Ant arrived at the racetrack to watch the big race, the main event was the Grand Steeplechase. Insects were saddling their favourite steeds, they’d been training them hard, jumping ditches and reeds. The steeds were paraded before the crowd, all were cheering very loud. A swarm of wasps took to the sky, then buzzed off to bet on their chosen horsefly. The beetles arrived after playing Bingo, they put all their money on a...