Erich w/ an h asked David Wong:

In my humble opinion, Spiders is your best written novel. I believe that partially because I view the titular Spiders as a metaphor for addiction. That makes them a lot more terrifying for me. Is this just my interpretation, or was that something you intended when writing the novel?

David Wong Thanks! I do think someone who doesn't have a personal connection to addiction could still find truth in it, because that feeling of having someone you love not be in total control of their personality is terrifying whether it's due to drugs, joining a cult, mental illness or whatever. Not because they turn into mindless monsters, but the opposite - you can still see the person there, it's just that you never know which decisions are truly "them" versus ones they'd later say they had no control over. It's the struggle of trying to find where the person stops and some malignant influence starts and the urge to stop treating them like a person at all.

To people who haven't read the book: It's not as depressing as I'm making it sound

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