Writing Prompt

My skin is crawling

with fanged and bladed creatures.

Please help me, O Christ....

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the moment you utter the immortal words, “Oh, it’s nothing to worry about,” that particular nothing immediately becomes a something. The city of Ankl-Morswine was no stranger to somethings to worry about, especially somethings replete with far too many legs and an alarming overbite containing too many teeth.

So it was, when Sergeant Fred Colon of the ...

I love saving strange creatures,

Though I’m not technically supposed to.

But today,

I might be following the rules.

A lady called me talking about a

Rat, possum, raccoon looking creature.

I thought, oh, it must be a different species.

But really,

WHAT IS THAT?

I saw it when I first stepped foot into her living room

The creature was definitely strange looking.

It turned its head to stare a...

Too many,

Too fast,

Too small,

Too dangerous!

Can’t we just call him now?

The one who hates them all.

Too bright,

Too joyful,

Too loud,

Too Christmassy!

Why don’t we call him now?

The one who hates us all.

Too many people,

Too funny jokes,

Too innocent the children,

Too much of careless hope!

It’s time for tragedy…

Humanity!

Please, please, don’t call him now!

The one who hates the world....

Oh my God!

What did you say?

Oh nothing, thought it was a frog.

Under their breath, what is this!!!...

He heard knocking on his door, and he set down his tea.

“Quint Extermination and Delivery service.” The large man spoke. His uniform, two sizes too small.

“Oh, what do you deliver?” Elmer asked, out of curiosity.

“Good service.” The man replied, stepping into Elmer’s mudroom.

“Thats good to hear, I’ve got quite the pickle down here.” Elmer began, guiding the man to his basement.

“I think it...

I had to quickly head over to my client’s house, since her voice was urgent and terrified over the phone; she even told me that she literally had to evacuate from her home due to the sudden infestation. Though I remained professional for the sake of my job, it was amusing to hear the woman so scared over a small bug, or maybe I just feel that way because I’ve dealt with insects for over ten years....

The call came on a late Friday, afternoon around four

My last customer paid his bill, just like he did before

It seem that there is some type of action, down the road

I jumped into my truck and zoomed off, like a green toad

The house in question, was on the borderline of land and sea

I had my small skiff in my truck/trailer, that is so smart of me

Parking the skiff on the back of a stone ga...