Verminator: Readers of the Lost Bark

Public humiliation is apparently good for the soul, so this is my own contribution to the cause! The opening page of this pdf file explains the scenario well enough. For those who don't know Verminator, it was a sideways scrolling arcade platform game set inside a tree. One day it will no doubt get its own tribute page on this site, but until then this novella will have to suffice:

It was night time when the vermin finally began to emerge from the cracks and shadows. The seemingly organised invasion wasn't deliberately planned. They had simply waited until they felt that their numbers were large enough to create absolute havoc. Somehow, all of the diseased creatures had gathered together over the past few weeks into one large army as if instinct had told them that there was safety in numbers.

To read more, download the novella!

Verminator novella (pdf)