(BONUS EPISODE) “INVARIANT” BY JOHN PIERCE (Short Science Fiction Story) #WeirdDarkness

(BONUS EPISODE) “INVARIANT” BY JOHN PIERCE (Short Science Fiction Story) #WeirdDarkness

Dr Homer Green used his invention, a rejuvenation treatment that lets your body always heal any damage to it perfectly, on himself. That was on September 11, 1943. Now it’s August 4, 2170 – more than 200 years later. He looks exactly as he did on the date he gave himself the treatment – no aging whatever – his body always repairs any damage perfectly. His tissues are invariant. There is only one catch.

“FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON” by Daniel Keyes #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday

“FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON” by Daniel Keyes #WeirdDarkness #ThrillerThursday

The short story by Daniel Keyes, “Flowers for Algernon” became so popular it was later turned into a full novel, and then eventually made its way to movie screens. The short story was written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and was so loved that it won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.