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Title: Spurling’s Virus
Author: Michael Savastano
Length: short story
First Publication: Pseudopod, 2008 (?)
What the Story is About: Science fiction horror.
Ridley Means slammed down the quarantine lever, locking the room that would soon become Joella Henney’s tomb. Pale blue warning lights flashed. Joella swerved toward the window and peered with panicked eyes. Her head darted to each side, inspecting her body, arms outstretched.
She won’t see it. You never see the one that gets you.
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Categories: 2000-2009 • Audio • Microbes & Viruses • Savastano - Michael • Short Fiction
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