Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Alien Perversity

A short story that is meant to be maximally disgusting. Humans used as living incubators for 9 foot tall centipedes is only the start. These intelligent insects are part of the human household. They hold and caress adults and infants as they enjoy their warmth. They supply humans with a nourishing, intoxicating food, their own infertile eggs. They choose when and with whom to implant their grubs in the human body. If not handled in exactly the correct manner, birth is lethal for the host who is eaten from the inside out. So a sort of compilation of the most distressing of perversions: paedophilia, beastiality, cannibalism, sadism, and sexual slavery. Sci-fi but more Un Chien Andalou than Star Trek. Most certainly an unforgettable read.

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