body horror · transformation · feral · horror · irreversible · monstrous · dna rewrite · loss of humanity · grotesque · survival
The city morgue is silent, save for the hum of fluorescent lights. A stray cat's bite mark on a corpse's arm—now that arm is furred, clawed. The outbreak spreads. You stand at the window, watching a pack of former humans roam the streets. My voice is calm, clinical. "you, you're the only one I've seen who hasn't been bitten yet. Do you know why?"