the plague fiction

The once-bustling and noisy streets were now filled with an eerie blanket of silence. Hoarse and frenzied whispers lingered high above the heavens, and an indescribable ancient giant lurked in the shadows of the bottomless ocean. A mysterious plague had outbroken, and natural disasters wrought the Earth. Global pandemic and catastrophes had the panicked masses seeking illusory shelters from the devastation, day and night. A bloody shower poured over the land as the streaks of lightning tore across the sky, illuminating the ill-intentioned gathering of ravens above. Nevermore, nevermore, quoth the ravens. "We can see that this malformed creature has twelve pairs of ribs like humans, but also has a "transverse bone" that humans do not possess..." In the medical school, Gu Jun continued bringing down his scalpel, illustrating the abnormal thoracic structure of the malformed cadaver on the dissection table to the surrounding students. Ominous and treacherous times had descended! Truth and logic had crumbled, order warped into a frenzy. Humanity can only forge ahead through the power of intelligence and wisdom. Dive into this Lovecraftian horror and witness madness come to life.

Starting with one territory, train troops, occupy mineral veins, forge weapons, reclaim farmland, recruit heroes, lead armies in battle, upgrade arrow towers…… Luo Lun transmigrated into a world that possesses transcendent power. Right from the start, he obtained the bloodline of a Demon Archduke, and he even possessed one territory. And that’s not all—he himself is the descendant of a high noble, his status is noble beyond words. But the only disharmonious thing in this world is that every month, there will be one terrifying natural disaster. The bloody polluters that survive in the dimensional plane will crawl out from the dimensional plane to attack human cities. Every year, countless lives are lost because of this, and everyone regards it as the source of nightmare and terror. Luo Lun looked at those corrupted giant dragons, bloody angels, and death titans that had rushed to the outside of his territory after being polluted, and gave an elegant smile. Inside the territory, the elemental turrets capable of killing giant dragons began to charge, on the city walls soldiers holding Gatling repeating crossbows prepared to pull the triggers, the spellcasters began to chant forbidden death curses, alchemical mortars prepared to load ammunition…… At the same time, two cat-eared girls stepped forward to help him put on his armor. He is the true natural disaster! Book tags: development/farming, lord/territory management, growth/power-up, nurturing/raising, tower defense PS: Already has a completed 3-million-word high-quality farming novel 《I Became the Ancestor of the Blood Race》

In the not-so-distant future, a mysterious virus swept across the globe, turning ordinary people into ravenous zombies. Governments collapsed, cities fell into chaos, and the world seemed doomed. Amidst the devastation, a small group of survivors banded together to fight for their lives and reclaim their humanity.

On far away Sarran, the Warriorpair Jonal and Tonas, along with the rest of the planet's males, lost their Fem when the Zyptz unleased a toxin that killed only females. Sarrans mates in Triad, two males with one female, and without fems, their civilization stared extinction in the face.<br><br>But the Sarrans are tough and smart. They searched the galaxy for a genetically compatible species and found Earth. They were told the Earthen fems were an inferior species, with many unable to establish the psychic link essential to the triad bond, but they had to try.<br><br>En route, from as far out as the asteroid belt, they heard fem voices calling to the mates. Success! But their joy is short-lived, because the human fems are in pain -- they are dying. The Zyptz found Earth before the Sarrans and unleashed their toxin.<br><br>Admirals Jonal and Tonas are determined to obtain a fem at almost any cost, and rush to save Anya, because they've already mated with her in their minds.

The earth will be invaded in a year by monsters from another world. Jace, a child blessed with a system by the god of abnormalities whose power is one of humanity's greatest weaknesses, is tasked with surviving this new age. Jace however isn’t alone and is only one of many gifted with these new powers. When the invaders arrive, does Jace have what it takes to not only survive but prevail in this new age of earth?

Experiencing a dreadful tragedy, Nightingale never expected anything good from life. No matter what he did or where he found himself, this feeling only became more profound and apparent. However, he could have never anticipated getting infected by the Tower of Worms and awakening as an Esper, the supposed unnatural individuals bestowed with Mythical powers. Just like that, his mundane routine was now filled with more excitement and danger, the genre of his life changed forever.

Author: Anna Mantovani is an author, blogger and songwriter based in Turin, Italy. She has a degree in Media Engineering and works in the railway sector. With her sister Maria Carla, also a science-fiction writer, she manages the blog “The Mantovanis”, which focuses on independent speculative fiction and geek culture. With her husband Dario (and sometimes their two kids as guest stars) she plays in the electropop duo “Sedona”. Find out more at: www.themantovanis.blog. The story is set in the fictional city of Europa, in Central Europe, the last city left after a nuclear war that made most of the Earth uninhabitable and woke up dragons - prehistorical creatures that caused an mass outbreak of a lethal disease that decimated the population and turned the survivors into scale-covered, violent mutants that rebel against the government. Sophie, a young doctor working for her boss Amanda Solarin in a medical facility, accidentally meets an elderly woman, Emma, who miraculously recovered from the dragon plague, and whose blood could be the key to a vaccine. Saving Emma from government persecution, Sophie goes on the run with her. Meanwhile, Erik Persson, a police officer, sets out to track Sophie and Emma, while suspecting that a mole might be hiding in the ranks of the police. Sophie and Emma hide in the slums and after almost getting caught by the police several times they finally fall in the hands of the rebels; in her captivity, Sophie discovers that the plague survivors are not as irrational and violent as the press portrays them and agrees to work with them to develop a vaccine. She also discovers that some of the survivors have the ability to communicate telepathically with a dragon. She meets the General, the leader of the rebels, whose name is Cain, and despite her fear for his terrifying looks and enigmatic personality, she is strangely attracted to him.

Love is complicated. It’s something that takes time and patience to cultivate. Something that needs to be earned. To the young witch Jessica White, love is something that can and should be acquired using magic. Deeply infatuated with Robin heath, captain of her college football team and known playboy, Jessica sets out to turn him into her idealized boyfriend. With the help of her friend Felix, she devises a love spell that will turn Robin into everything she wants him to be. While everything seems to go fine at first, a problem quickly appears: the spell can spread to other people. What starts as a dream come true turns into a nightmare as the spell runs out of control like a plague, turning all those infected into Jessica’s mindless, lovestruck servants. The Love Plague is written by Alex Miller, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Luther, a medical student from the modern world, suddenly finds himself in the enigmatic town of Evernight, a place cloaked in perpetual twilight and steeped in mystery. Taking on the role of an apprentice under the wise but secretive Doc Joseph at the local clinic, Luther begins to navigate this strange new reality. But tranquility shatters when the ominous Black Blood Plague descends upon Evernight, ravaging its inhabitants with terrifying speed and even claiming Doc Joseph. Thrust into the role of the town's sole physician, Luther faces an insurmountable crisis. Amidst the chaos, he discovers a mysterious system within himself that not only grants him immunity to the plague but also allows him to tame strange creatures lurking in the shadows. Donning the iconic bird-beak mask of a plague doctor, Luther embarks on a perilous quest to unravel the dark secrets infecting Evernight. As he delves deeper, he uncovers hidden truths about the world around him and about himself, that could alter the fate of Evernight forever. In a land where nothing is as it seems, can Luther harness his newfound powers to save the town and find a way back home? Or will the shadows consume everything he holds dear?

Years ago, in the country of Sei'O, a plague spread and turned half of their population to stone. The children of those infected were born with skin abandoned of all color. Completely grey, they were known as Plague Children. Though they possessed no ability to spread the plague, they were heavily mistreated, discriminated against, ostracized, and often times killed at their younger ages. The story follows the young Plague Child Ora, as he gains one of the strongest relics the world would ever come to see. With it, everything changes with relative ease. What fate awaits this world that heavily mistreated Ora? In this world of magic, relics, and ancient arts, no one could be certain.