The Plagues

<p><span style=color: rgba(16 5 21 1)>The biblical plagues that overtook Egypt in the book of Exodus are transported into the twenty-first century in </span><em style=color: rgba(16 5 21 1)>The Plagues</em><span style=color: rgba(16 5 21 1)> a collection of eleven stories that take place primarily in St. Louis Missouri and its surrounding suburban areas and Lafayette Louisiana. Frogs flies blood and boils descend upon a cast of primarily young LGBTQ+ characters all searching in some way for love and acceptance amidst burgeoning sexual awakenings. Equal parts playful and personal Joe Baumann's </span><em style=color: rgba(16 5 21 1)>The Plagues</em><span style=color: rgba(16 5 21 1)> does more than recast the past; it charts a way forward.</span></p>