"Rat-King" - Horror Short Story - by Elana Gomel
As unexplained creatures begin to bleed into our world, events threaten a mother's love for her only son.
Elana Gomel was born in a country that no longer exists and has lived in many others that may, or may not, be on the road to extinction. She currently resides in California. She is an academic with a long list of books and articles, specializing in science fiction, Victorian literature, and serial killers. She is also a fiction writer who has published more than a hundred short stories, several novellas, and four novels. Her story “Where the Streets Have No Name” was the winner of the 2020 Gravity Award, and her story “Mine Seven” is included in The Best Horror of the Year 13 edited by Ellen Datlow. She is a member of HWA. She can be found at https://www.citiesoflightanddarkness.com/ and on
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This story is a spinoff of her second published novel "The Cryptids", which is available on KU. https://www.amazon.com/Cryptids-Elana-Gomel/dp/1947522205
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In 2015, poor control of my diabetes left me legally blind for the better part of a year. The doctors predicted an 80% chance I would never see again, but I changed the way I was living and through sheer willpower beat the odds.
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