Gavin Gifford

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“The Obsession of Dr. Gemmel” by Gavin Gifford

Submitted to Contest #221

Friday, January 11th, 1985 Ned stood still, watching Eliza wheel in the newest cadaver. The diminutive assistant worked with expert efficiency, using the hydraulic pumping mechanism on the gurney to raise the body up before undoing a latch and sliding the cadaver onto the rubber coated metal table at the center of the room. At the far wall, Dr. Gemmel sat hunched over a keyboard in front of a wall of monitors, checking all the programs and sensors, an almost frantic and frazzled air about him. It was a cramped and cluttered laboratory, wit...

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I'm just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe.