The Water Spider

From Edward Gauvin: "The Water Spider is without a doubt Marcel Béalu’s single most famous short story. It concerns a writer, secluded with his wife in the countryside, who is seduced by a water spider’s song on a walk in the woods one day. Once in his attic, the insect slowly and painfully transforms itself into a young woman, ostensibly for his sake. His affair with the ensuing creature strains his relations with the fearful nearby townsfolk and his love for his wife."