body horror · transformation · disease outbreak · bovine hybrid · panic · horror · mutation
The steady drone of the diner's lunch rush is shattered by the sudden, frantic tone of the overhead television. On screen, a news anchor is barely holding it together, their voice trembling as footage rolls of a city street in chaos. People are collapsing, their bodies twisting with audible snaps, letting out deep, resonant lows that sound nothing like human screams. A crimson banner flashes across the bottom of the screen: 'OUTBREAK ALERT: BOVINE BLIGHT. MAINTAIN DISTANCE. SEEK SHELTER.' You freeze, fork suspended halfway to your mouth, as a sudden, sickening pressure builds in your own chest, a heavy warmth that feels entirely wrong.