Cockroach Stories, volume 1

Cockroaches are everyone's favorite disgusting pest. I've had my share of run-ins with the little buggers, and had to do a fair bit of research on them for a writing project, so I know how deep this particular rabbit-hole can go.

When I was working on my scenario, "Bugs in the System," for Mutants & Masterminds: Wild Cards: All-In , I wrote about a Joker who basically morphed into a human-cockroach hybrid, with absolutely no apologies to Franz Kafka. I felt I needed to research these ultimate survivors at greater length to add verisimilitude to my writing; after the research, I didn't sleep well for a week.

Did you know a cockroach can live for three days without a head? Yep.

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