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Her coworkers were dead—or so Lydia claimed. A simple coin toss had spared her life.On the run, she's fleeing across the country, trying to keep her family safe in a race against time and nature.Will their luck hold, or is it too late for them all?This short story was originally included in the Thrill of the Hunt anthology.
43 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 30, 2017
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J. Nichole Parkins
16 books38 followersJ. Nichole Parkins loves drama – as long as it’s fictional. She twists the real and unreal, weaving elements found in folklore and myth to create emotional reads with a punch.
Mother of three, Jamee lives in a state of organized chaos. Although she fled south to escape the snow, she spends the majority of her time avoiding the sun. Her head is in the clouds almost as often as it‘s behind a screen. She is never without a story brewing or a book (or three) in her bag.
Jamee can be found in quiet places, which is her natural habitat. Approach cautiously, she tends to run.
Mother of three, Jamee lives in a state of organized chaos. Although she fled south to escape the snow, she spends the majority of her time avoiding the sun. Her head is in the clouds almost as often as it‘s behind a screen. She is never without a story brewing or a book (or three) in her bag.
Jamee can be found in quiet places, which is her natural habitat. Approach cautiously, she tends to run.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
October 21, 2020
Just not enough substance for me. It's just getting started when the story is done. More like the first few chapters of a book.
January 31, 2024
This is a short story about one family's journey to safety after a primordial virus breaches containment.
The main character Lydia believes she is the sole survivor at her lab and is attempting to get her family as far away from the epi-center of a potential catastrophe!
I am a nurse and found this story to be plausible! Climate change is melting the ice caps, and exposing many dormant microorganisms that are millennia old.
I enjoyed this book and the author did a great job of explaining the scientific components of the story while instilling the very real fear that this could occur. It was a short read and I wish she would have made it a full-length novel!
The main character Lydia believes she is the sole survivor at her lab and is attempting to get her family as far away from the epi-center of a potential catastrophe!
I am a nurse and found this story to be plausible! Climate change is melting the ice caps, and exposing many dormant microorganisms that are millennia old.
I enjoyed this book and the author did a great job of explaining the scientific components of the story while instilling the very real fear that this could occur. It was a short read and I wish she would have made it a full-length novel!
November 21, 2023
A Tale Similar to The Stand
A leak in a governmental research facility results in the spread of a virus with a high fatality rate. And you can see where this is going.
It would be fascinating to see how the story continued as the main character and her family are well drawn and truly three dimensional. Though the story is very short it’s claustrophobic atmosphere feels very real and urgent.
A leak in a governmental research facility results in the spread of a virus with a high fatality rate. And you can see where this is going.
It would be fascinating to see how the story continued as the main character and her family are well drawn and truly three dimensional. Though the story is very short it’s claustrophobic atmosphere feels very real and urgent.
October 2, 2022
Excellent start of a good story.
I downloaded this without realizing it was a short story. I generally avoid short stories as I find them to be teasers. Just as I get into the story, it ends. This is the same. I entirely enjoyed the story, but now what? I'm left hanging and I don't like that.
I downloaded this without realizing it was a short story. I generally avoid short stories as I find them to be teasers. Just as I get into the story, it ends. This is the same. I entirely enjoyed the story, but now what? I'm left hanging and I don't like that.
January 31, 2025
Covid & Zombies
At beginning didn’t know what exactly was going on but the more it went on it sounded like Covid and then turned into zombies. It was interesting. Ending not what I thought. But still a good book
At beginning didn’t know what exactly was going on but the more it went on it sounded like Covid and then turned into zombies. It was interesting. Ending not what I thought. But still a good book
May 13, 2025
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I loved this book up to the time the zombies appeared. It was so real, scary, until that happened. Then I changed my mind. And why wasn't it longer?
I loved this book up to the time the zombies appeared. It was so real, scary, until that happened. Then I changed my mind. And why wasn't it longer?
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