Waiter, There's a Fly in my Johnson!

DARK SURGE by Gina Ranalli (2011 Dark Regions Press / 214 pp / tp)
Tess lives with her six year-old daughter (Hmmm--that's the 2nd book I've read this month to feature a six year-old girl!) in the wake of her husband Josh's unloyalty.  His new live-in girlfriend, Gillian, puts up with Tess coming around and Josh's love for his daughter, but it seems deep down she doesn't care for his baggage.
As Tess tries to get on with life, her home starts to become infested with flies...so bad that she eventually baits the entire first floor is with fly strips, only to see them covered in the annoying buggers.  Meanwhile, Josh has a strange incident during urination: a painful spray of blood causes him to look down and find a maggot worming its way out of his penis.  Thinking he has some kind of flu or food poisoning, Gillian keeps him in bed, but things begin to get worse when he discovers pimple-sized boils on his back that start hatching more maggots.
Tess encounters a group of homeless street kids at a library, and when she shares her problem with them, one tells her she believes it could be some kind of curse (the teen turns out to be a practicing Wiccan).  Tess reluctantly goes back to them as a last-resort help, and the stage is set for a squirming, action-packed finale.
DARK SURGE has all the elements of a classic creature-feature, only this time there's the hint of an occult edge that's never fully explained: but like an episode of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, the missing information (especially during the conclusion) only enhances the creepiness of the tale.
Ranalli once again delivers a quick, satisfying horror tale that'll leave you squirming for more.