by R. M. Nidus
A trip to the vet with a dying mouse was supposed to be a break from Reagan's dreary pet store job. But when the euthanized creature returns as a hissing, goo-spewing monster, her day takes a dark turn. After a desperate battle, they destroy it. They think it's over. But the nightmare is just beginning. Now, a strange itch is crawling under her skin, a new hunger gnaws at her belly, and something is starting to grow... something that wiggles.