This morning, I stepped out onto my porch to enjoy a cup of coffee and discovered this on the ground.

This thing was not supposed to be there. My heart slammed in my chest as I froze on the porch, coffee shaking in my hand, staring at a shape that looked like it had crawled straight out of a nightmare. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t move. Every instinct screamed at me to run, but I just stood there, eyes locked on that twisted, fleshy mass. Was it continue reading …