The Sleep Diet

by

R.W.Van Sant

A science fiction thriller

science gone wrong

short story

 

    Weight loss is a killer.

 

Dr. Callenger has created a revolutionary weight-loss procedure. A fat-eating virus, combined with sedatives, is injected into patients.

 

Pounds simply melt away while they sleep. The process becomes instantly popular and clinics open up around the world.

 

The doctor learns the virus has mutated when his patients start sleep-walking, hungering for human flesh. 

 

Will the good doctor use his knowledge to eradicate the disease, or escape and sell the cure to the highest bidder? This story is for anyone who has ever struggled with fad weight-loss programs.