A friend remembers a horror story in which giant spiders had overrun the world and a little boy was cocooned as food for hungry baby wolf spiders.
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Can you see if you can get any of the details suggested by How to ask a good story-ID question? The timeframe of the story, where he read it, anything like that would help.– DavidWOct 31, 2019 at 17:41
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This question would be improved if you went through the checklists here; How to ask a good story-ID question?– ValorumOct 31, 2019 at 17:54
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Did it involve him waking up from a nightmare with spiders, only to realize he was waking up in a cocoon?– FuzzyBootsOct 31, 2019 at 18:10
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It was in a scary short story collection.– Myles LobdellOct 31, 2019 at 20:14
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The story is probably "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" by F. Paul Wilson. IT appeared in his collection "Aftershock and Others" from 2009. It's the same one you're thinking of FuzzyBoots.
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Ah, the book does look familiar. I got on an F. Paul Wilson kick after reading his Repairman Jack series. Nov 3, 2019 at 14:40
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