"Improvise" by John Beechem
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 11:15PM This piece originally appeared in the blog Micro 100: 100 Words of Horror http://micro100.blogspot.com/.
Dr. Kuehler contemplated the options presented by his workshop. His assistant, the ambitious Fred Osborn, waited nearby. Two young bodies, a male and female, laid stabilized on a slab beneath a sheet. Kuehler had surreptitiously recovered them from a traffic accident before emergency personnel arrived. Now, they clung to the thin membrane between life and death.
"Brain transplant?" Kuehler suggested. "It would certainly lead to some interesting experiments regarding human sexuality."
"If I may be so bold sir, the damage caused to the male compromises the validity of that endeavor."
"Hmm. Then improvise. Produce something marvelous."
"I won't disappoint you."
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