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Haemolacria
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Ongoing, First published Dec 26, 2015
Mature
Set in a fictional universe where a pandemic has swept across the globe, the only hope for a small group of refugees is one scientist and his life's work: the development and perfection of cryogenic stasis. Will they be saved?

This is a short sci-fi novella, the first that I've tried writing or uploading. As I'm normally a writer of really, really short fiction (2,3 pages) I'm not really used to writing longer pieces. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I did writing. Please comment with feedback, thank you!

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