Wake up! It’s coming for you. Leave quickly, through the window if you can.

A slimy tentacle forces its way under your door. It wraps itself around your leg as you try to run.

You’re pulled through the door, down the hallway, into the basement.

I tried to warn you.

LB Thomas lives in Montana and owns a Tennessee Walker treeing coonhound named Zumbi. His work has been featured in Every Day Fiction and Flashes in the Dark.