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INvasion Open in new Window. [13+]
When an alien invasion comes their assault will be subtle and quick.
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
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*PenB* First Impressions:

This tale made my skin crawl, but I suppose that was the desired effect. The beauty of the story was that it’s not clear, even at the end, if this was real or happening in the main character’s head (but as the famous line goes, why would that mean it’s not real?) Either way, the horror element of this story was very effective and developed slowly, starting with one little parasite and ending with everything being overrun by them. My favourite and at the same time least favourite part was when they invaded the main character’s body - the details were almost too good and I actually shuddered when I imagined it.

The bigger implication of this alien invasion was also nicely done, and I fell in love with this line, which I thought was beautiful: Nightmares of death and decay of planets and universes of unimaginable creatures and the darkness where they reside; all of which are easily accessible with the human mind.


*PenG* Suggestions:

The story was very polished and I only noticed two little errors:

Their colour changing skills was more evident
I think that should be “were” instead of “was” as skills is plural.

Within forty minutes. he was knocking on my door.
The period should be a comma.

I also have a question regarding the question marks in this story. All but one are in brackets like (?) I’m guessing this is a style choice rather than an error but I don’t know what it means and I’ve never seen it before.


*PenP* Final Thoughts:

I liked how the personal struggle of the narrator slowly shifted to a cosmic threat in this tale with the increasing number and size of the creatures mirroring his descent into insanity. He was an unreliable narrator and yet the ending felt hauntingly real. A great read!




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