Sarina, Sweetheart
Megan Carney
Her name is Sarina Wocek. Her breath is poison. She was not born out of love.
Twenty-three years ago, government officials traced the budding epidemic of hemorrhagic fever HF186-2A in south Florida to the Wocek family and their adorable six-week-old daughter, Sarina. Her father, Gregory, admitted his role in genetically engineering a biological weapon with pride. She was taken to a lab hidden in a rural area of New Hampshire. She hasn’t left since.
Her government keepers could cure her, but they won’t. Genetically engineering a child to be a weapon of mass destruction, that’s unethical. Refining a weapon of mass destruction that someone else created? That’s just being clever.
After twenty-three years of captivity, she escapes. She crosses an ocean to put her father and the lab behind her, but it’s not enough. When she sees the first bleeding sore, she knows she didn’t leave the virus behind either.
The only way she’ll be free is by destroying every trace of the lab. She only has one advantage; she doesn’t care if she makes it out alive.
About the Author
Megan Carney is an author, geek and amateur photographer living in the Twin Cities. She has ten years of experience in the field of computer security. Her previous short story publications include: ‘Flighty Youth’ in the Raritan, ‘Modern Mayhem’ in the Wayfarer, ‘Swing By Close’ in the Wayfarer, ‘Directions’ in the Bell Tower. ‘Swing By Close’ and ‘Directions’ both won first prize in the fiction sections of that issue. The Christian Science Monitor dubbed her self-published photography book, ‘Signs of My Cities’ as having “youthful zest.”
Her non-literary creations include: a robot to clean the bathroom tub, Zim and Gir costumes, No-Dig tomato stakes, StickFriend the bear bag hanger, and a burning coal costume so she could be Katniss for a night.
The Tour
June 29th
–Got Nikki? >> Interview
–Weezled >> Review
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June 30th
–Authors You Want to Read >> Excerpt
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–Bea’s Book Nook >> Excerpt
–A British Bookworm’s Blog >> Guest post
July 1st
–Books That Hook >> Excerpt
–Just Us Book Blog >> Guest post
–Glorious Panic >> Excerpt
–Books Can Take You There >> Review
–Word to Dreams >> Review
–Girls With Books >> Excerpt
July 2nd
–Coffee & All Things Random >> Review
–Mythical Books >> Guest post
–Us Girls & A Book >> Review
–Escape Into A Book >> Review
–Archaeolibrarian – I Dig Good Books! >> Review
July 3rd
–The Bookwhore Diaries >> Review
–Random Redheaded Ramblings >> Review
–Author & Book Spotlights >> Review
–Desert Rose Reviews >> Interview
–The Boundless Book List >> Review
