* Brendan D Carson's "Spawnotrim!!!" (flash fiction, science fiction, humor)
"Spawnotrim" is the magical weight loss drug on the market, imported from the alien world "Beta VIIa". The capsules contain seeds of alien life that live inside you by slowly eating your innards! And they manipulate your nervous system to make you feel happy, & ready to welcome your new alien masters - while you quickly move towards death! Story has the feel of late night TV advertising in India - the kind selling cheap appliances over phone, with ads that last hours at a stretch on major channels (must be very profitable business)!
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First published: AntipodeanSF magazine, #117 (February/March 2008).Rating: A
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