Dragon's Breath

Dragon's Breath

A Story by John C. Osborn
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After contracting a deadly virus, Harry tries to escape from a horde of religious zealots out to kill him.

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“I can't do this,” Harry whispered. “I won't do this.”

The rusty pick-up truck bumped along the rough road. Harry sat in the back with four others, hands bound by plastic ties. They all had a paleness to their faces, colored only by the blood that painted their lips like make-up and their puffy cavernous black eyes.

“What are you going to do?” one of the carriers asked. He coughed in three bursts then continued, “You can't outrun them.”

 

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© 2009 John C. Osborn


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John C. Osborn
John C. Osborn

Arcata, CA



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