Squelch
by John Halkin
The caterpillar was huge, green and hairy – the biggest the boy had seen – and it wasn’t alone. The insect stowaways had attached themselves to his clothing. As he picked one up for closer inspection, a pain like hot needles shot through his arm. Then he felt the other wriggling across his front, where it began to penetrate the soft flesh of his stomach, burrowing into his skin…