GNAWED
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“Reporters were some of the first to turn,” said the elderly woman through her cerulean surgical mask. “We haven’t had any updates for months now.”
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“It's worse, Mrs. Carter,” replied the well-attired businessman. “Far worse.”
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Even with his dark facial covering, the exceeding handsomeness of Daedalus Pharmaceuticals' CEO was easily discernible from his seat opposite the aged lady and her strangely pretty granddaughter…
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ABOUT GNAWED
Expanding on Black female sci-fi author Sophie Partlow's successful short story, Thresholds, Clementine and Allison's journeys are explored further in a riveting multi-part serial titled Gnawed.
A brilliant paleovirologist working for Daedalus Pharmaceuticals develops a treatment that allows people to take control of their metabolisms as easily as one might take control of their breathing or blinking. A single meal could now last as long as twenty, curbing world hunger almost overnight.
She is hailed as a hero until a portion of the population who, conversely, overtaxed their metabolic functions began to get exactly what they were seeking: the ability to eat anything they want to and still shed pounds. Unfortunately, the only thing they want to eat is other people.
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