That impressive breast in domestic toms has been engineered for flavor and size so extensively they can no longer breed the ladies.

Hydatid disease is caused by larva of the dog tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosis, with man acting as an accidental intermediate host. If a person swallows the tapeworm eggs the critters hatch and migrate out of the stomach looking for a place to continue growing. Here, many organisms have made this person's liver their home. The worm has settled inside this person's lungs similar to Ahiga's infection in Chapter 12 of The Butterfly Boy. “I thought echinococcosis was only found

The trees marched up against the town in a solid brown and green mass trying to retake the open ground the townsfolk stole from it years ago. The forest felt like a medieval fortress, causing the people of Weott to feel nervous for its existence, waiting anxiously for the inevitable return of father forest. This morning those worries heightened because of the mystical, mythic fog. The wet cloud brooding over the unnatural clearing was yet another reminder to the people this p

Ellen turned right, out of the airport onto Route 66 toward downtown Gallup. “Look for the El Rancho Hotel. It’s up here on our right about a quarter mile ahead of us.” “Oh, here it is.” Ellen pulled into the parking lot and turned the car off. “It's my treat for dinner and drinks.” The sun was setting, the tentative twilight giving way to darkness. The front of the building radiated god-awful gaudiness from the eaves with very distinctive, pink neon light tubes. It was easy