Fiber
by
Jennifer-Crystal Johnson
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GENRE:
Science Fiction
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BLURB:
Anna
Reynolds is caught up in the middle of a secret interdimensional
government agreement... and she doesn't even know it.
There's a medical anomaly loosely dubbed Morgellons disease afflicting a number of people. Symptoms include open sores that produce colorful string-like fibers, fatigue, and nightmarish visions of shadowy figures. No one knows where it came from. No one knows what causes it. There is no cure.
When Anna begins having nightmares and waking hallucinations of the shadow people, her uneasiness about her condition grows. Enlisting the help of her doctor and some friends, Anna is determined to find out what's really going on and why Morgellons is such a mystery.
With her health declining and doubts about whom she can trust, is Anna doomed to become a slave to her condition? Or will she and her unlikely group of would-be heroes come through, saving her... and, ultimately, the world?
There's a medical anomaly loosely dubbed Morgellons disease afflicting a number of people. Symptoms include open sores that produce colorful string-like fibers, fatigue, and nightmarish visions of shadowy figures. No one knows where it came from. No one knows what causes it. There is no cure.
When Anna begins having nightmares and waking hallucinations of the shadow people, her uneasiness about her condition grows. Enlisting the help of her doctor and some friends, Anna is determined to find out what's really going on and why Morgellons is such a mystery.
With her health declining and doubts about whom she can trust, is Anna doomed to become a slave to her condition? Or will she and her unlikely group of would-be heroes come through, saving her... and, ultimately, the world?
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Excerpt:
As Anna
walked home through the glistening streets of Deeplake, Washington,
she adjusted her scarf and wrapped her coat around herself tightly,
her breath fogging up the air in front of her. After a brief glance
over her shoulder, she quickened her pace, her bag of groceries
teetering in her arms momentarily as she readjusted her grip.
She’d
been feeling like someone was watching or following her for weeks. At
first she just shrugged it off as her own overactive imagination, but
the other day, she could’ve sworn she saw a shadow out of the
corner of her eye. When she looked, there was nothing there. That
wasn’t the first time she had seen shadows. They were always there,
just out of sight, their existence never confirmed by a direct
glance. But every time it happened, she got goosebumps and the hair
on the back of her neck stood on end like it does when you know
someone is watching you.
Her left
eye began to feel itchy and grainy as she walked, and she cursed
herself for not driving. She blinked several times, but after a few
moments her eye felt like it had sand in it again. This was
accompanied by an unpleasant tickling sensation, which became
annoying very quickly.
Her
thoughts wandered as her eye got worse. She felt guilty but justified
for not mentioning her problems to Casey, who had more than enough on
her plate already. She also didn’t want to come across as crazy;
Anna was certain she wasn’t. Some of the recent events in her life
were crazy, but she was definitely sane.
Do crazy
people think they’re sane?
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Jennifer-Crystal
Johnson is originally from Germany, but was raised an Army brat. She
has published one novella under her former last name, The Outside
Girl: Perception is Reality (Publish America, 2005 - out of print as
of 2013), a poetry book, Napkin Poetry (Broken Publications, 2010),
and a collection of poetry, art, and prose called Strangers with
Familiar Faces (Broken Publications, 2011). She's also published a
collection of short creature horror stories called If You're Human
Don't Open the Door (Broken Publications, 2012), a personal
development book called The Ten Pillars of a Happy Relationship
(Broken Publications, 2014), and a collection of more horror stories
(no creatures this time, just people) called Our Capacity for Evil
(Broken Publications, 2015). She has several poems and short stories
published on Every Writer's Resource and has recently published a
science fiction novel called Fibers, the first book in the
Infiltration Trilogy. Jen owns and operates Broken Publications
(www.BrokenPublications.com)
and publishes an annual anthology to raise awareness about domestic
violence called Soul Vomit (www.SoulVomit.com). When she isn't
writing or editing, she enjoys playing games with her three kids,
watching crime shows on Netflix, or reading. She lives in WA State
with her three children, three cats, and a crazy puppy named Thor.
You can connect with her at www.JenniferCrystalJohnson.com,
@brokenpoet, or www.Facebook.com/JenniferCrystalJohnson.
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