{"id":3755,"date":"2016-10-07T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=3755"},"modified":"2023-03-30T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:14:03","slug":"the-variant-effect-blood-angel-short-story-99","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=3755","title":{"rendered":"The Variant Effect Series &#8211; Short Story: BLOOD ANGEL  &#8211; .99"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TheVariantEffect_BloodAngel.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3756 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TheVariantEffect_BloodAngel-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"thevarianteffect_bloodangel\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TheVariantEffect_BloodAngel-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TheVariantEffect_BloodAngel.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><strong>Back in the Day &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People didn\u2019t know that it was happening, so it was totally out of control by the time authorities understood that something serious was going on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result, the worst of it \u00a0emerged from the shadows, hidden behind closed doors and far from view, where the true horror played out in isolation.\u00a0Where no one could hear you scream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Variant Effect<\/strong> was impossible to detect until you were already infected.\u00a0There was no way to tell if it was near, if it was cooking in you or if it had passed you by altogether.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First responders were the first to document evidence of its existence, the first to see it happening, and often the first to feel it boiling in their blood.\u00a0Stress set it off and fear fed it, so it was a perfect fit for cops, firemen and EMTs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in the beginning all they could do was file incident reports and wonder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Variant Effect: BLOOD ANGEL<br \/>\nShort story<br \/>\neBook a<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">vailable at:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Variant-Effect-Blood-Angel-ebook\/dp\/B01CF00174\/ref=sr_1_15?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1475865931&amp;sr=1-15\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/G_Wells_Taylor_The_Variant_Effect_BLOOD_ANGEL?id=Fmb5DwAAQBAJ\">Google Play<\/a>,<\/strong><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/variant-effect-blood-angel\/id1161478897?mt=11\">Apple Books<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-variant-effect-g-wells-taylor\/1124750450;jsessionid=222E0AB279A6F8196FA07F7F4269D0DA.prodny_store01-atgap04?ean=2940153763521\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>,<\/strong><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-ca\/ebook\/the-variant-effect-blood-angel\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"The Variant Effect: GreenMourning in multi-format at Smashwords.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/669946\">Smashwords<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the Day &hellip; People didn&rsquo;t know that it was happening, so it was totally out of control by the time authorities understood that something serious was going on. 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