The Brains of Rats

Published in 1990

In these twelve stories we enter the darkest corridors of America's hospitals. Meet a scientist who discovers how to predetermine and alter the sex of a pregnant woman's fetus, and proceeds to contemplate his own gender...and a surgeon whose primary practice is removing organs and limbs from unwilling patients to redistribute them to unfortunate victims in impoverished countries. Filled with dark surprises, these splendid tales invite us to glimpse the world of high-tech medicine from a disturbing new angle.

Table of Contents

• Introduction by Michael McDowell
• The Bain of Rats
• Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: a Case Study
• The Domino Master
• Drown Yourself
• Interview with C.W.
• Shed His Grace
• Keeping House
• The Glitter and the Glamour
• The Promise of Warmth
• The Wet Suit
• The Thing Itself
• Bestseller

Limted Edition of 250 signed, numbered and slipcased copies signed by the Author and Artists

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