Story by Stormy - Death on my ceiling

Death lives in my living room. Disguised as a huge gigantic spider, it hangs suspended from the living room ceiling. For a while it lay dormant, but has recently become restless. It's huge legs spin in circles in some kind of macabre of a dance. It's abdomen often emits an eerie soft glow and at times the light emanating is very bright as if the creature is burning from within. I think that is how it attracts it's victims, using the light as a beacon and its hypnotic spinning legs to daze and confuse. More than once I have felt myself being drawn in spellbound. I know it is trying to lull the unwary into a trance or something, just waiting for an opportunity to swoop down and trap the unsuspecting feline, namely me.

I sit now staring intently at the hideous beast. My litter box is across the room and I have waited as long as I can. I have no other choice, I must make a run for it. I crouch down onto my belly focusing all my attention on the dancing spider planning my move. I am utterly still not a muscle moving except for my tail which I can't seem to control. It twitches nervously. Slowly I stretch one paw out in front of me. The spider continues its horrid perversion of a dance. I carefully take two more steps staying low to the ground never taking my eyes off the spider. I freeze in place waiting for it's descent. The dance continues, undisturbed. No glowing lights, no change in movement, just the continuous spinning of it's legs. But I am not fooled. I know it is watching...and waiting. For several moments I remain frozen using all my senses to gauge the spiders reaction before sprinting across the living room floor. I can feel the spiders eyes on me so I do a little evasive maneuvers as I cross the room. YES!!! I make it safely across....... for now. But I know the spider and I will once again face each other. Very soon.