Fugues Fiction Archive

Written for I-Made-This Virtual Season 8×03. “Scully voice-over:
‘Within days of infection, patients suffer from soaring temperature and excruciating muscular pain. The throat is so sore that swallowing anything becomes intolerable. The connective tissue liquefies. The skin becomes like soft bread-it can be spread apart with the fingers, blood oozing out. Victims choke as the sloughed-off surfaces of their tongues and throats slide into their windpipes. Every body orifice bleeds. Even the eyeballs fill with blood. Ebola is the perfect parasite…’ ” Rated R. (89 K)

Khyber, “IMPERIAL VIOLET”