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WORM: A Biotech Thriller
This short story follows three experimental teenagers as they decide to try a highly-rumored, government-funded experimental drug, called "Worm." The effects of the drug are not what any of them could have imagined. WORM is a psychological thriller that will make you question the boundaries of sanity and morality in a drug addled world.
- GenresHorror
26 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 27, 2013
10 people want to read
About the author
Sylvan Kills
2 books4 followersSylvan Kills was born in rural North Carolina in the spring of 1982. He grew up on a small farm in Julian NC, where he learned at an early age the beauty of life and death from the animals his family raised. He soon grew to see them as both friends and food. His family's farm bordered a now well-known local dairy farm which soon became a creamery. These were simpler times when you could ride up to the nearest gas station and choose your cuts of local meat from the butcher right there in the station. It was a town where you could purchase fresh milk, cream, butter, and eggs. It was an idyllic setting for a child to flourish.
Sylvan was an introspective and independent child. He enjoyed his time alone, creating. By the age of 8 he was an accomplished fiddle player; having been taught by one of the masters in the style of old time music. He toured the surrounding areas, winning competitions and performing. It was then, through his love of the fiddle and music in general, that he began writing. He first began composing music with accompanying lyrics, then later developed a unique writing style that lent well to poetry, short stories, and his desire to one day complete a novel. Throughout his 20's Sylvan explored his love of writing through his studies at UNCG, along with starting his own writing and editing company, Whatta Production LLC.
He drew further inspiration from delving deep into the meaning of his wildly vibrant and often horrific nightly dreams. Always drawn towards the darker sides of literature along the lines of Edgar Allan Poe, he plunged into the murky waters of writing a horror novel. With the release of Rotten Legend, that boyhood dream has come true.
Now Sylvan is able to dedicate his time solely to writing. He recently left Julian and the family farmland to live in Greensboro, NC, allowing the scenery change to further inspire his work.
Sylvan was an introspective and independent child. He enjoyed his time alone, creating. By the age of 8 he was an accomplished fiddle player; having been taught by one of the masters in the style of old time music. He toured the surrounding areas, winning competitions and performing. It was then, through his love of the fiddle and music in general, that he began writing. He first began composing music with accompanying lyrics, then later developed a unique writing style that lent well to poetry, short stories, and his desire to one day complete a novel. Throughout his 20's Sylvan explored his love of writing through his studies at UNCG, along with starting his own writing and editing company, Whatta Production LLC.
He drew further inspiration from delving deep into the meaning of his wildly vibrant and often horrific nightly dreams. Always drawn towards the darker sides of literature along the lines of Edgar Allan Poe, he plunged into the murky waters of writing a horror novel. With the release of Rotten Legend, that boyhood dream has come true.
Now Sylvan is able to dedicate his time solely to writing. He recently left Julian and the family farmland to live in Greensboro, NC, allowing the scenery change to further inspire his work.
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August 28, 2014
Whoa, that was one trippy short! Mom, I promise I will never try drugs in my life!
November 9, 2014
At first, I wasn’t sure that this was going to be a high rating from me. It seemed a bit below average as far as plot went, and then WHAM, it kicked into overdrive. Talk about a mind fuck at the end! I don’t want to ruin this for any future readers by giving anything away so I’ll leave it at what I said. Except to say… if you read this short story, you won’t be disappointed.
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