From the story archive · Fictional encounter
First time in a sensory deprivation tank. Complete darkness, silence, floating in salt water. Twenty minutes in, achieving total zen when—BLOOORP—a barking spider creates the only sensory input in the tank. In water, the vibration is felt throughout my entire body.
I started laughing so hard I had to get out of the tank. The spa attendant said, "That happens to almost everyone—something about the complete relaxation." Most expensive barking spider experience ever.