Bacillus: Classic Stories of the Microbial and Contagious

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Chad Arment, editor
ISBN 1-61646-104-7
Retail $19.95 (USD)
449 pp. / Paperback

Due to copyright restrictions, this title is only available in the U.S.

Bacteria and Disease in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Adventure:

Bacillus includes 13 classic short stories of bacterial and microbial organisms, diseases, and plagues by authors like Jack London, H. G. Wells, Algernon Blackwood, and others. Tales include apocalytic stories, plague ships, and scientific discoveries. Also included is the 1918 science fiction novel The Blue Germ, by Martin Swayne.

The Masque of the Red Death (1842), Edgar Allan Poe
The Microbe of Death (1894), Rudolph de Cordova
The Stolen Bacillus (1895), H. G. Wells
The Purple Death (1896), William Livingston Alden
The Plague Ship (1897), Jack London
The Plague Ship Tupisa (1899), George Griffith
Dr. Cox's Discovery (1903), Herbert D. Ward
Max Hensig: Bacteriologist and Murderer (1907), Algernon Blackwood
The Golden Rat (1908), Alexander Harvey
The Sheriff of Kona (1909), Jack London
The Scarlet Plague (1915), Jack London
The Beautiful Bacillus (1931), Patrick Dutton
Noekken of Norway (1934), Bob Olsen

Novel:

The Blue Germ (1918), Martin Swayne