Diane is an obstetric nurse who fears losing her new husband after becoming pregnant. Her paranoid descent into madness creates a self-fulfilling prophecy, exacerbated by Ben's increasing neglect of his vulnerable wife. As new life grows both inside and around her, Diane's marriage deteriorates-but so does her health, along with that of her unborn child's-and her resulting grief pushes her to carry out a shocking act of revenge.Originally appeared in Bugs: Tales That Slither, Creep, and Crawl from Great Old Ones Publishing with a Foreword by Simon Rumley. Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction and winner of the Best Horror Short Story Award in the 2014 Preditors & Editors Reader's Poll.Cover art by Mikio Murakami of Silent Q Design. Full color chapbook with matte cover.