The Parasite

By C. Sean McGee

A coming of age story about Pete, a Toxoplasma gondii, who wants nothing more than to follow his father's footsteps and make his home in the belly of a cat. But when he ends up in the belly of The Human instead, Peter Gondii must use the extent of his will and engineering might to fulfill his promise and overcome the impossible burden of fate and chance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: C. Sean McGee
• Release date: Aug 11, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463209950

C. Sean McGee

"I write weird books."

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The Parasite

a short story by

C. Sean McGee

The Parasite

Copyright© C. Sean McGee

CSM Publishing

Published at Smashwords

Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil 2018

First Edition

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Contents

The Genesis

The Fraternity

The Humbug

The Fall

The Tourist

The Hitcher

The Engineer

The Human

The Pilot

The Epiphany

The End

The Genesis

Family is everything.

Mr. Gondii stared, like any proud father would, in glowing praise at his mound of oocysts. It had been a long road; one marked with as many defeats as there were, claims to victory. He had strived so hard and had endured such momentous struggle in his life, but now, looking out over the home he had built with his own blood, sweat, and tears, it was so patently obvious that it had all been worth it.

It was hard to tell if he was paying homage to his own efforts or to those of his father before him. What did not get lost in semantics, though, was the love in his heart, and like any noble father, what he would demand of himself and what sacrifices he would make for no other reason than the good of his children.

And of them there were thousands, all coiled together, ready to make their way into the