The Friday 56 #24 ~ Isolation by Denise R. Stephenson

Posted: June 20, 2014 in horror, The Friday 56, thriller
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The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find any sentence, or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

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When they walked into the restaurant, the techie reached for the AB wash. Before he could squirt it into his hands, the professor began his rant. “Don’t do it. Don’t use their antibacterials. They’re all broad spectrum.”

“Yeah,” the young technician said, “that’s good, right? They’ll kill everything.”

“That’s bad – they kill everything. There are many good bacteria.”

“I don’t have any friends among em.”

“Oh, but you do,” the professor said.

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Isolation

By Denise R. Stephenson

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IMAGINE: You can’t touch your face. You can’t leave your home. You don’t dare get sick, that would lead to removal and -likely-death.

Isolation” depicts a bleak but recognizable future in which the fear of contagion reaches a fever pitch as a bacterial epidemic catapults the US into an apocalyptic crisis. Touch is outlawed. Mothers like Maggie bind their infants’ hands, terrified they might slip fingers into mouths.

Gary, a Sterilizer, uses robots to scour the infected, avoiding all contact with human flesh. Trevor, the Chief Enforcer, watches, eager to report any and all infractions.

One inadvertent touch will change all of their lives.

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Comments
  1. From THE RED ROOM by Ridley Pearson Which I’m reading for review: 56%

    “A patchwork of yellow light filling the apartment windows they pass reminds Knox of a nativity calendar.”

    “Would he convince himself that despite the risks, Knox can prevail, that the danger is worth the reward?”

  2. From THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker

    Mr. ______ ast me how I git her to eat. I say, Noboby living can stand to smell home cured ham without tasting it. If they dead they got a chance. Maybe.

  3. fredamans says:

    Not one I would be into but hope you enjoy it.

    Happy weekend!

  4. Scary and all too real.

    sherry @ fundinmental

  5. Elisabeth says:

    Some people really are ridiculous about germs. Back during the Swine Flu madness, there was a woman who called a nurse to ask if her daughter would get sick from kissing a pig at the county fair.

  6. This is my kind of read for sure. Great 56 😀
    Thanks for stopping by my 56 🙂
    Kimberly @ Turning the Pages

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