(here's a new 100 word flash fiction written for a contest at sffworld.com)

BEMs
by
Kenny A. Chaffin
All Rights Reserved © 2023 Kenny A. Chaffin

They call them BEMs, bug-eyed monsters because eyes are the windows to the soul and they are the most religious reverent beings in the galaxy. Doing Gods work as they see it and is flaunted by human blasphemy they cannot and will not tolerate. We see ourselves reflected in their black iridescent orbs, their gelatinous skins and feel the shame for what we have done to the Earth in the name of progress, mastery, pride, and profit. We are frozen by the depth of those eyes and know this is best. For the Earth, we the infection will be removed.

Kenny A. Chaffin = 6/17/2023

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