The Potato Bug, by Mark Tulin – Friday Flash Fiction

The Potato Bug, by Mark Tulin – Friday Flash Fiction
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The Potato Bug, by Mark Tulin
5/4/2019
 
We were watching TV in the living room as this huge insect crawled toward us. We didn’t know what it was. It greeted us with a crazy wave and a slurpy sputter.

“How are you?” it screeched. “Do you want to play?”

I told Clara to back up as I retrieved a can of Raid.

“It looks like a Potato Bug,” said Clara.

As I was about to spray, my wife cried out. “Wait, I recognize that face!”

“You do?”

“Yes!”

I dropped the can of Raid as I allowed the large creature to approach us.

It was our son.