Never before published short story that blends body horror and arachnophobia into a decidedly un-erotic tragic tale of greed and lust. "The creature that would come to be known as Sylvia Corodona was born under the unfiltered rays of an unforgiving sun. It was tradition among her kind to come into the world bathed in light, to feel the scorching heat christen your new flesh. It is perhaps because of this strange postnatal ritual that Sylvia’s first memory is the very clear sensation of being burned alive, of being swallowed whole by flames. She had come a long way since those days as a chittering babe in the old country. Should her old family, if any of them were still alive, see what she had become – well, Sylvia no longer cared what they might think of her. They certainly wouldn’t recognise her, very few did – for long, at least."

Termination Notice: A full length novel of Corporate Horror Comedy Deep in an underground research facility, the lowest ranking members of the company's employee "family" are going to hell and back to prove their worth (and hopefully finally earn a wage slip) by retrieving a rogue and very dangerous escaped company "asset". When a mysterious (and possibly insane) scientist, a HR employee with dreams of world domination, and an external "Crisis Manager" all have their own career goals in mind, corporate life can get a little more deadly than anticipated. Set in the world of the award-winning SHIVER RPG, Termination Notice is a story that rages against the capitalist hell we find ourselves living in – with added science fiction and gore to boot. Available by the kind permission of Parable Games, publishers of the SHIVER Roleplaying Game.