Stranger Than Fiction, Take Two

The sign outside proclaimed, “Exotic Pet Store.”

“C’mon it’ll be cool.” The husband raised his eyebrows and pulled into the parking lot. “The stinkbugs are nuts this year, aren’t they?”

She couldn’t deny it–their were only two bugs short of a certifiable plague.

She followed him down the aisles but halted and bent over to examine the scurrying black, crunchy creatures. She shivered. They hissed. Her eyes flicked to the sign. ‘Madagascar hissing cockroaches.’

“Perfect. Ug.”

She contemplated h...