If you are looking for bug-related nightmares to inspire 100-word stories, follow the links below. Keep in mind that we’re defining the category broadly, so topics can include insects and arachnids, worms and slugs, ants, bees and creepy crawlies as well as diseases, biological, mental and spiritual.
The March 30 deadline approaches quickly! Submission details can be found here.
Nightmare #249: House Consumed by Bugs and Rats
Nightmare #182: Bugs Everywhere
Nightmare #339: The Needle and the Conqueror Worm
Nightmare #336: Pick on Someone your own size
Nightmare #225: Smothering Humidity and Heat
Nightmare #310: Larval Goddess
Nightmare #75: Snakes and Straw
Nightmare #71: Snakes and Chain Fence
Nightmare #143: The Dark Carnival
Nightmare #84: Bees and Spiders… and Nazis?
Nightmare #360: House of 1000 Copses
And to be sure, there are many MORE nightmares about bugs among the collection that would prove suitable for a 100-word prose poem for the Quick Shivers about Bugs anthology. We invite you to explore, to experiment, and frankly to shake up the editors’ mailbox. Be clever, horrific, reflective, playful and wise in your word choice. 100 words allows no time for fillers, dull words, or repetition. Are you ready to try? Good!