Leucochloridium Paradoxum - The Zombie Brain Worm
Imagine, if you will, the everyday life of a garden snail. Prone to drying out, you
avoid the desiccating rays of the sun as you slither in the shadows under dense
foliage, eating anything chewable you find in your slimy path. One day, you catch a
whiff of fresh bird droppings; to you, a delicious and nutritious meal. Days later,
however, you start to feel strange - at least as strange as your incredibly simple
nervous system can muster - and against all logic, you feel attracted to the hot,
bright daylight your kind has spent millions of years hiding from. You go about your
snaily business as you always would, but this time, you're completely exposed, both
to the sun and to the eyes of hungry birds. Your foul tasting slime has taught most
avians that snails are an unappetizing meal, but unfortunately for you, you no longer
look like a normal snail.
Those droppings you ate were swarming with the eggs of the parasitic flatworm,
Leucochloridium. Invading your simple little gastropod brain, the worms have
completely rewired your behavior, and with their colorful, pulsing "brood sacs"
crammed into your eye-stalks, your head now resembles a couple of fat, juicy insect
larvae - every bird's favorite.
You'll likely survive your eyestalks being ripped off, and eventually, your entire face
will grow back...as will the parasites. You're lucky evolution never granted you the
intellect to comprehend your new existence, enslaved by a worm in your brain to
have your eyes chewed off again and again.
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I love the diabolical little faces of the infected eyestalks!
Surprisingly the only human zombie submitted so far. Delightfully gruesome! I love the gelatinous eyeballs.
The worm looks as sadistic as he is adorable.
This one comes with obscure science-fiction-gaming humor!
I'll be blunt with everyone: this is the best thing here, and one of the best things to ever grace this website.
Possibly the darkest and most terrifying entry submitted.
This poor, cute, oblivious little snail...
Creepy, funny and trippy all rolled together.
I love the whole composition and coloring of this. It reminds me of an interpretive foreign film poster.
Every day, a helicopter bites them off.
Kainsword's Leucochloridium monster is all ready to pound the crap out of a masked superhero.
A beautiful, dreamlike landscape of worm-ridden tentacles!
An adorable little warped comic.
A nicely lifelike zombie-snail
An awesome life-cycle illustration, worthy of a college textbook!
A gruesome, psychedelic and generally badass entry. Lovely radula!
One of the more insane-looking entries!
A gorgeous sculpture of an alien beast infected by its own brain parasites!
Another view!
I love the expression on this one. RARRGH.
Rad's idea, his mother's hard work. You've both created something very original and special here.
HE'S A WRECKIN MACHINE.
Actually a little something from Ron's old sketchbooks, but chillingly relevant! Ron is responsible for some of my all-time favorite monster designs in various fantasy games, so don't miss his other works!
I love the face on the worm, especially.
A giant, mutant zombie snail on its way to trash a city!
I love the crazed zombie expression here, and the INSISTENT background.
An absolutely precious little parasitized mollusk and a Cordyceps bonus! Both designed and colored just gorgeously.
The face on this little guy is priceless. As hilarious as it is morbid.
Kainsword17
A meeting of mind takers!
The tables are turned.
Louella
Planet Eater
PsychoDemonFox
Rad & His Mom
Smashedpumpkin
Angus Silverman
Jesse Hardy
Furbearingbrick
Helmrich
Another beautiful sprite with a way cool, monster-like design. I especially like the tiny shell, and the multiple emerging worms!
Surreal and bizarre!
An absolutely gorgeous animation and badass, ghoulish design! This might be some of the most impressive work ever sent to me, and this guy has bucketloads more!
Dodoman's original characters in a baffling situation!
A disturbing and gorgeous look at Leucochloridium invading our own brains!
An extremely original take on the concept and beautifully illustrated...a race from another world? A glimpse into the future?
Lee Sherman (click second for detail!)
An extremely original take on the concept and beautifully illustrated...a race from another world? A glimpse into the future?
Eerily endearing, I really like the color palette and gloomy personality of this one!
Part one!
The thrilling and amusing conclusion!
Penny Rosenstein
Beautifully done and incredibly frightening! CLICK THE LINK AND READ THE STORY for the full effect!
A lovingly detailed snail, with beautiful depth and texture. SO WRIGGLY!
Haemish
Not THAT David Lynch! The snail here seems inspired by the giant rubber
David Lynch
EASILY the most haunting and twisted entry! I love the eerie proportions of the host and monstrously huge worm-eyes!
John Pesando
With those stern eyebrows, I can't help but hear a grim, bass voice.
Daimera (one of the best artists I know!) sent me this amazing,terrifying Leucochloridium mutant!
This one seems more pretty and serene than most of the others, and worms got into its name, too!
Leiapico
IT'S CATAH-PILAS!