The Bug - Episode Three — Barry J. Hutchison

Part three of a six-part post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror serial Something black and shiny scurried through the overgrown lawn, zig-zagging its way towards her. As she looked down at it, more shapes began to move in the grass. The ground heaved, as if the soil itself were moving, and a writhing carpet of black closed in on Amy from all across the garden. ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Bug Episode 3 continues the six-part serialized story about ordinary people trying to survive in a terrifying post-apocalyptic world. In the aftermath of Episode 2, grocery-store clerks, Jaden and Col, must make their way across what's left of the city to get to Jaden's mom. With much of Boston now infected, though, it isn't going to be easy. Even if they do reach her, they may already be too late. Meanwhile, in Scotland. Having narrowly surviving an encounter with an infected gang, DCI Hoon and his group head north in the hope of finding safety in the Highlands. However, even Hoon's best-laid plans don't always work out, and they're barely beyond the Glasgow city limits when everything starts to fall apart. Fast-paced, gripping and terrifying - isn't it time that you caught THE BUG? ABOUT THE SERIAL No-one knows where the bugs came from. They emerge from the shadows all over the world, creeping and crawling out of the darkness and burrowing beneath the skin of every man, woman and child they encounter. Once inside, the bugs begin whispering dark thoughts into the minds of their hosts and driving them to carry out horrifying acts of violence against those not infected. Most survivors try to hide from the bugs and the bugged. Most don't succeed. But all over the world pockets of uninfected people find ways first to stay alive, then to fight back. This is their story. Because it isn't a virus that will end the world. It's a bug.