Had a terrifying vision of my own mortality the other day

This is either Frankenstein crossed with an octopus or Abraham Lincoln crossed with a spider.

I was sitting in my room at midnight, reading The Passage, when my heart started racing a little bit, and I suddenly realized, "Oh my god, I am going to die."

I got up from my chair.

"Oh my god, I could die right now. The human body is incredibly fragile. I could…