The hand shovel slid into the warm soil like a surgeons scalpel might cut the weak flesh. The living ground crawled and dug around in his hands as he scooped what he could into a pail. Beside him was his partner, fellow scientist Dr. Karen Shirow. She waited with life...

Out of the muck and despair climbed a villainous form. Fungus and dirt seeped into every crack of its weathered face. Swamp water ran through the lines on the things face. Blood swirled in the water, becoming part of the mud. Matted hair pushed to the side, the...