The Afflicted
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  • Reads 280
  • Votes 9
  • Parts 3
  • Time 15m
Ongoing, First published Oct 26, 2015
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    "Scientists have identified the mysterious viral infection covering most of Northern Europe as a variegated form of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, commonly know as mad cow disease. We've been informed that looks to be biologically engineered to not only kill humans but turn those unfortunate enough to not die within the first stages of the disease, into deformed cannibalistic beasts. There have only been 3 reported cases within the US but we advise extreme caution. Anyone that shows the following symptoms should seek immediate medical attention and refrain from contact with other people. The first signs of the disease start out like any normal cold; a runny nose, sore throat, itchy eyes. Then come the more alarming symptoms of frequent bloody noses, trouble urinating, dilated pupils, nausea, and swollen lymph nodes. When these symptoms pass, the afflicted person goes into a state of euphoria-like high caused from your brain being suppressed by the neurotoxins being released by the virus. This will last for about 4 hours before the afflicted person will start having frequent migraines followed by uncontrollable bowel movements and a rash that spans the body, which swells and burst. The afflicted's judgement is severely impaired at this point and will become highly agitated, their heart rate will increase rapidly and their lungs will swell with a liquid that has not been identified as of now, most die at this point in the virus. If the afflicted survive these stages, what happens next I wish upon no human being. The body starts to swell with the same unidentified liquid, it turns the muscles of the afflicted into rock-hard slabs of meat capable of immense strength. At this point, the brain has died and the body sustained solely by the virus. They are no longer the people they once were. The afflicted are soulless entities only intent on spreading the virus..........
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Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice. [[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]] [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]