Bombyx
by R.C. Matheson, Mick Garris
Peter Mitchell graduated rehab yesterday. Happy to be home, back to his wife, children, work as a software designer. Eager to make amends.
But it all begins to feel inside out. Upside down. Like people despise him. Stares execute. Conversations stab.
Or is it all is his mind?
His wife, children and dog soon loathe and fear him. Co-workers malignant; icy.
His rehab psychiatrist, Dr. Gladd, reminds him new sobriety brings vulnerability; alcohol’s firewall gone, menace imagined; a self-sabotaging mirror.
But Gladd is wrong. It’s real.
And nowhere is safe.
Strangers viciously turn on Peter. He’s fired. Forced by his wife to leave the family home; exiled. Running for his life, terrified, hiding in creases of L.A. Evading two ruthless men who pursue him.
As he flees, he discovers a ghastly secret about why the world is literally out to get him—a maze of lies and horror.
He desperately avoids capture. Torture. Death clock ticking; a gallows. His enemies stopping at nothing. He can trust only himself to unravel the nightmare, destroy it. Get his life back.
Before it’s devoured; gone.
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Peter Mitchell graduated rehab yesterday. Happy to be home, back to his wife, children, work as a software designer. Eager to make amends. But it all begins to feel inside out. Upside down. Like people despise him. Stares execute. Conversations stab. Or is it all is his mind? His wife, children and dog soon loathe and fear him. Co-workers malignant; icy. His rehab psychiatrist, Dr. Gladd, reminds him new sobriety brings vulnerability; alcohol’s firewall gone, menace imagined; a self-sabotaging mirror. But Gladd is wrong. It’s real. And nowhere is safe. Strangers viciously turn on Peter. He’s fired. Forced by his wife to leave the family home; exiled. Running for his life, terrified, hiding in creases of L.A. Evading two ruthless men who pursue him. As he flees, he discovers a ghastly secret about why the world is literally out to get him—a maze of lies and horror. He desperately avoids capture. Torture. Death clock ticking; a gallows. His enemies stopping at nothing. He can trust only himself to unravel the nightmare, destroy it. Get his life back. Before it’s devoured; gone.