by
Nettles7069
on Sep 14, 2017
Mature
Chapter 1
Waiting for a vaccine against influenza in the surgery. The waiting room isn't crowded, four other people there as well. My eye catches the gap. I look and quickly glance away, ostensibly reading my paper. I take another quick glance rapidly returning to my paper. Quiet stirring below. Another glance. Damn, caught by a cold eye knowing that I am s...
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by
jezzaz
on Sep 15, 2017
Loving Wives
The next day was leaving day – in the morning for the clients and the afternoon for most of the staff.
April had made her check in call as the second thing she did after she woke up, eager to pass on the news of what she'd learned and what she'd found. Before making it, she pulled out the android tablet and pushed in the memory stick she'd taken the night b...
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by
SW_MO_Hermit
on Sep 13, 2017
Romance
The screen door slammed open and Mrs. Fielding heard running footsteps then a young voice said, "MAMMA, MAMMA there's a new girl in school and the teacher made her sit by me. I think she's nice. She rode the school bus home tonight and sat by me and everything. She said her daddy was the new preacher. Can I have her come over sometime and play?"
Janice Fiel...
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by
satindesires
on Sep 12, 2017
Mature
In the early 21st Century a new strain of flu had decimated the world's population. Millions died before a vaccine was discovered. The strain of flu affected men far more severely than women, figures were uncertain but the World Health Organisation estimated the population mix to be as much as 20 women for each male survivor.
The cost of supporting widows a...
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by
MrBZarr
on Sep 18, 2017
NonHuman
Ten years ago
A young scientist published an article on specialized magazines stating that she had developed a way to create a virus that could revolutionize medicine. Using genetic engineering and nanotechnology, she proposed to change the flu virus so that it could insert new genetic information on its targets, aiming to rectify its host body. Accordingly...
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by
Wulfwinter
on Sep 16, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
All names and characters contained herein are fictitious and do not intentionally relate to any person, either living or dead. This story is a work of fiction, a fantasy -- so read it with a grain of salt and an open mind. All characters are at least 18 years of age. Voting and feedback is greatly appreciated, especially positive constructive feedback and fr...
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by
TheGlobalSoul
on Sep 13, 2017
Novels and Novellas
As we last left Darla, she and Shelly had just received news from their hospital administrator that the Nigerian military had requested that they come to Nigeria to train their nurses. The request had been specifically been made by the father of their Nigerian friend Chris, who was the general in charge of the Nigerian military's medical division.
The term...
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by
kingkey
on Sep 18, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Smallpox!
Just the sound of the word sent chills up my spine. Remembering the history of Deadwood from my past gave a real feeling of dread. From what I remembered, Deadwood lost almost half its people due to the smallpox epidemic in August of 1876. This was something that sent fear all through my mind as to what I could do about it. I wasn't worried about...
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by
DaveDevlin
on Sep 12, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Leslie and Tharus arrived at the village of Sol in the early afternoon.
It was sticky and humid as they stopped and asked an old woman where Dr. Lim's house was. The woman pointed to a medium-sized adobe house down the main dirt road.
They thanked her and moved on, with him leaning against her for support. She had one arm around him and was practically...
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by
komrad1156
on Sep 14, 2017
Mature
The very large, shabbily-dressed man walked up to him and said, "Okay, Doc. Just sign here for me."
He scrawled his signature on the delivery form and handed it back. "You know, it's none of my business what you do on your own property, but I ain't never heard of no one building themselves an underground grain elevator."
Rather than bother trying to explai...
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