Warehouse of Secrets – A Science Fiction Horror Short Story with a Humorous Twist

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“A wayward lab rat scurries across the tarmac on a beeline toward the indestructible alien-alloy five-story edifice contrasted in late afternoon lights and shadows on a clandestine desert base sequestered in the American Southwestern hinterlands.”

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Weary of his posh, clean, humane life as one of Doc’s prized rats inside the Lost Cactus laboratory, a perspicacious lab rat escapes from his well-appointed miniature domicile with a cone around his neck and breaches the vaunted, off-limits Lost Cactus base warehouse. Gazing into the shadowy darkness at troves of antiquities, artifacts, and wisdom stacked to the rafters and beyond humankind’s mental capacity, he accidentally awakens a monstrous alien from the pantheon of sci-fi horror.

The resourceful rat’s ensuing hair-raising evasion of the alien’s acidic, drooling maw culminates with an accidental blast-off through the warehouse roof into space. The genetically enhanced rat’s brain shifts into overdrive as he ponders whether this is just another one of Doc’s tests.

» One thing the little lab rat knows for sure: Like in space, inside the Lost Cactus warehouse of secrets, no one can hear you scream.

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About the Lost Cactus Archives short story collection

Mythical and legendary short stories culled from top-secret files liberated from rusted cabinets and rotted file boxes at a long-defunct clandestine desert laboratory and research base known as Lost Cactus.

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*e-book download instructions. After purchase, an email with a download link is sent. This email is sent automatically after the order is confirmed. The file can also be downloaded from the order confirmation page that appears immediately after checkout.

© John Hopkins. All rights reserved.

“A wayward lab rat scurries across the tarmac on a beeline toward the indestructible alien-alloy five-story edifice contrasted in late afternoon lights and shadows on a clandestine desert base sequestered in the American Southwestern hinterlands.”

  • e-book (EPUB 3) Download* – $0.99 – Click the Purchase button

  • Also available at your favorite bookseller.

Weary of his posh, clean, humane life as one of Doc’s prized rats inside the Lost Cactus laboratory, a perspicacious lab rat escapes from his well-appointed miniature domicile with a cone around his neck and breaches the vaunted, off-limits Lost Cactus base warehouse. Gazing into the shadowy darkness at troves of antiquities, artifacts, and wisdom stacked to the rafters and beyond humankind’s mental capacity, he accidentally awakens a monstrous alien from the pantheon of sci-fi horror.

The resourceful rat’s ensuing hair-raising evasion of the alien’s acidic, drooling maw culminates with an accidental blast-off through the warehouse roof into space. The genetically enhanced rat’s brain shifts into overdrive as he ponders whether this is just another one of Doc’s tests.

» One thing the little lab rat knows for sure: Like in space, inside the Lost Cactus warehouse of secrets, no one can hear you scream.

…

About the Lost Cactus Archives short story collection

Mythical and legendary short stories culled from top-secret files liberated from rusted cabinets and rotted file boxes at a long-defunct clandestine desert laboratory and research base known as Lost Cactus.

…

*e-book download instructions. After purchase, an email with a download link is sent. This email is sent automatically after the order is confirmed. The file can also be downloaded from the order confirmation page that appears immediately after checkout.

© John Hopkins. All rights reserved.