Wayne Gray

This was super sweet. Nice job. 🙂

Really sweet, descriptive, evocative. It made me smile. Thank you for this glimpse. 🙂

tim suggested I link my newest story here. Thank you for that, friend. I am very proud of this one. It will be short (five chapters), but I truly enjoyed the journey and the destination. I hope my friends here give it a try.

Lol. Yes, that would be. You’ve got to remember, these guys are disciplined too. They won’t be railing each other in hallways and on tables in the messhall. They WILL pair and triple up for some more private fun, though. 😏

Thank you for sharing, friend. And you are deserving of peace without annihilation. you deserve to look at beauty and not suffer for it. you deserve good without a catch or a price to pay.

It’s good to see you, molly. Glad you’re here. 💚

Dave! Would I do that to you?! *stifles evil laugh*

Thank you! It feels great to be back. This one … this one is hard for me to pace. I want to post it all in a blaze of glory, but I’m making myself wait. That means the chapters will be well polished as they’re posted. So I guess we’ve got that going for us. 😝 There’s more to come. 😀 See you next time!

Thanks for reading and commenting! Stay intrigued. A lot happens in the next chapter, but still leaves a lot to learn too. ”Curing Humanity” is an awfully big goal, it’s true. Let’s see how close we get, eh? 😏

Thank you for reading and commenting, Mike. Though it's not long, I'm genuinely proud of this one, from beginning to end. I hope you enjoy the tale.

Well ... I mean ... I am an unrepentant erotica writer. So you just MIGHT be in the right place. Thanks for the read and for the comment! Stick around. There's more horniness in our future. 😈

Pot, this is kettle!

Thanks, Chris! I loved writing this one. If people reading like it half as much as I did writing it, then it'll have been worth it. :D

I described this one to you as "a splinter in my mind." And it was. It. Would. Not. STOP. In the shower, I'm building scenes, silently mouthing dialogue I've yet to write. Driving, I'm correcting absent plot points, mentally noting and even voice recording things so I don't forget. Working, I'm distracted because all I want to do is WRITE. It feels so good to be this way again. It has been so fucking long, and I'm owed. This world has sucked the joy out of me long enough, and now? Now, screw it. I'm back at it, and I'm not going to stop again. Also. It lets me torture readers. So. You know. Bonus. ... maybe you have a point.

Huh. Isn't that odd? And here you are ... taking note of some interesting things.

I'm glad you're interested! And yes, yes-I think the idea of a WORM growing in our bodies, taking up residence, and then doing ... something? is fairly unpleasant to most of us. That's where the "body horror" aspect comes in. Unpleasant to think about, that's for sure. I want the reader to sorta shiver when they imagine it. LOL Atticus and John are strong characters. They're what I excel at as a writer, and I'm leaning into my ability to write compelling protagonists. I know that. Other things I struggle with, but these guys? No. This is where I shine, and I'm gonna ride that as hard as I can. You know. Like John. On Atticus. :p See you next time, Jeffrey!

The EDF is pretty damn paranoid. You'll see that soon. What do you mean by "the status of those infected"? Like, physiologically? Or what happened to those taken by the EDF? Because it sounds like John is about to reveal that ...

Thanks for reading, commenting, and for the thoughts! Keep in mind, you, the reader, are getting multiple perspectives. The frontline EDF personnel are getting what the EDF tells them. They know only what they're told, so the worm is a mind-controlling monster who makes their sufferers snuggly sex zombies who seek only to subvert the will of the healthy people around them. The EDF will protect them. The EDF will protect YOU.

Thanks! This one sorta came from a game I play called Pandemic. In a way. It's heavily modified, but the inspiration was there, along with a bunch of other sci-fi things floating around out there. I'm glad I listened to the voice. Because, here we are! Thanks for reading and commenting!

I'm glad! This one burned awfully bright through me. Like, just ... BOOM. It was terribly fast, but man it feels good to have it out there now. Seriously, I'd never even thought of writing something like this, but a combination of a game I played (Pandemic on the PC) and other ideas floating around in sci-fi inspired it. One of those, "huh ... what if ..." moments in the shower that just exploded. Enjoy the ride. It gets bumpy, but I think it's worth the trip. Thanks for the read and for the comment!

You know, there's a comfort in uncertainty. There's a certain level of responsibility we can ignore if we just don't know. Once that's gone, well. What then? What are you going to do then? That's when you have to make choices and decide what's important. That's when character gets tested. And that's going to happen. In spades. You're right about the lack of touch and interaction. It rots people. When I was in boot camp, nobody touched me for weeks. None. Nothing. Then at week five, we had this fitting done for new uniforms, because we'd lost so much weight. And they had an honest to god tailor in our barracks taking measurements. He KNEW what kind of state we were in. There was nothing sexual or sensual about it, but the guys (and me) all just closed our eyes while he touched us. I had no idea I needed it that bad. We all talked about it after. "Dude, I would have gone gay if it meant I could be touched a little longer." Literally, what someone said and he got no shit for it. Not from 80 guys. Just chagrined expressions and nodding. Really. So ... it's a real thing.

Aww man! I had a reply in here and it just poofed away. Damn it. Thanks for the encouragement, kbois. I think this one is short but mighty - like many other things in life, eh? See you next chapter!

Thank you, tim! I'm glad you're enjoying this first chapter and the initial look at this little diversion my brain took and just would NOT stop traveling until I hit the end. I've not written like this since Guarded, and I'd forgotten how crazy it feels. I love being pulled by the nose by a muse. A demanding, "no, you don't need food" muse. Totally worth it, at least to me. I hope readers feel the same! There's more to come. Stick with me.

Rescinding Order 412 The radio crackled to life, cutting through the early morning quiet of the command office. Attention, all Cairn command staff. Effective immediately, Order 412 is no longer mandatory. Each commanding officer is now authorized to enforce, modify, or disregard physical contact protocols between cairnmates at their discretion. Note that infected individuals remain highly dangerous and must be isolated until retrieval. Continued testing protocols remain in place. Remem

Atticus is a commander of the Earth Defense Force. He and his second in command, John, are members of an elite group whose mission is to retain the purity of the human race in the face of a parasitic infection ravaging the planet. "The worm" is insidious, silent, and impossible to condone. This is their story. Within these pages are the steps they take to retain their humanity. No matter the cost. This story is complete and will be updated weekly.