...A sudden jolt brought me back to my senses. I turned to look, the spider was only three feet away now, its pointed fangs clacking together as they had when it first found me. All eight eyes were fixed solely on me. Huge round pools of darkest evil, I could see hunger in its eyes and longing too. I wished it would hurry up and eat me. Not that I wanted to die, but ever since I dropped through the trapdoor late last night I had been filled with an inner fear so great I thought it may burst out from within me and take hold at any minute. This fear was not of the dark, nor of the spider but of never seeing a living soul again...
©brownowl2012
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