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Category: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Back in the mists of time, LabLit.com used to have a forum, and a spontaneously assembled, multiply-authored lab lit story made it about halfway through before petering out. Recently, our Deputy Editor thought it deserved to be finished, and we are pleased to present the result as a regular serial, which we hope you will enjoy!

Chapter Eight: The Sample

Richard P Grant | 15 November 2020

“But she died of chikungunya fever. And you had some in the lab. Is it possible she could have been infected by it?”

Chapter Seven: The Institute

Richard P Grant | 24 July 2020

Max sat on a bench, smoking his fifth cigarette of the morning and keeping his eyes fixed on the main entrance of the Wolfhaven Institute.

Chapter Six: The Retraction

Richard P Grant | 25 May 2020

Slater watched Brad leave the room. Even after the door had swung shut, anger shot through his veins.

Chapter Five: The Outlier

Richard P Grant | 6 October 2019

Slater could tell she was thinking furiously, recognizing she had said the wrong thing.

Chapter Four: The Postdoc

Richard P Grant | 26 July 2019

Brad stared at the printout in front of him. There it was again, that damned high molecular weight peak he had seen on both previous runs.

Chapter Three: The Party

Richard P Grant | 15 July 2019

Ah, these silly English men, Sabine thought as she drove down Long Road. They are so easily amused – it really wasn’t work at all. All she ever had to do was smile at them and they would do anything she asked.

Chapter Two: The Lab

Richard P Grant | 21 May 2019

Dr Bradley Jefferson Walker Pettier III was confused.

Chapter One: The Funeral

Richard P Grant | 7 May 2019

Professor Thomas Slater realized that it wasn’t going to be so difficult to be inconspicuous after all.

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