Meltdown and Other Covid Stories

<p>Who better to write about the Covid pandemic than a retired physician a prime target for the deadly virus? </p><p>Dr. David Margolis wrote these tales during the worst time of the pandemic cooped up in a house with only his imagination as a guest. He has produced a remarkable collection of stories combining sadness and loss with medical knowledge and distinctive humor</p><p>The protagonist of the first story is a superstitious old woman who believes that Covid was sent by the devil and who can prove that it wasn't? We read about a muddled septuagenarian whose imaginary friend from childhood replaces his dead wife. There's an autobiographical sketch written by the virus itself a play by play description concerning the invasion of Dave's nose. There's a sad dog with large hairy ears who waits for his master to return after he's taken away on a stretcher. We encounter a klatch of washed-up Gods sipping coffee in the heavens who kvetch about irreverent humans and are delighted that the Covid has come. There's a misogynist sinner whose ashes are taken to a rundown cemetery and dumped in a cluster of weeds. The final story <em>Meltdown</em> is a dystopian tale about a super virulent Covid virus that kills most of the Earth's population leaving only a few desperate humans to argue amongst themselves.</p>