Creepers — Robert Craig

THE AGONY EXPRESS

Ben Johnson had been a subway motorman for thirty years, but nothing had prepared him for what he saw when he opened his compartment door.

The passengers were being attacked. But more than just attacked. They were literally being torn to bloody shreds by creatures who could not be human, yet could be nothing else.

Desperately Johnson locked himself into his compartment. He heard the screams outside fading, to be replaced by an eerie silence. Then, as the buzzing of fear quieted in his brain, he could hear a different sound -- a grinding, slurping noise…

…and even as Ben Johnson yanked the throttle to full speed ahead, he knew there could be no escape -- not for him or anyone else…