Go back into the water.

Pill bugs. I don't know why, but pill bugs. Maybe it's not explicitly a "fear," but I have an extreme aversion to them which extends into complete unwillingness to condone their presence. I am uncomfortable so long as they are within my sight or there is the possibility of physical contact.

Other people think they're cute, and actually play with them, prodding them until they roll up into little grey bundles. I would gladly welcome the power to remain indifferent. But then again, other people fear spiders while I enjoy arachnid company.

That's the thing, isn't it? Spiders are arachnids. They are meant to dwell on land and in dusty corners, among us humans. Pill bugs are crustaceans. They belong in the sea, and they know it, so I wish they'd end this little charade. On land they are grotesquely smooth and soft and wet, like little ambulatory boils wriggling through rot and crawling concealed through damp decay.