Who better to write about the Covid pandemic than a

retired physician, a prime target for the deadly virus?

Dr. David Margolis wrote these tales during the

worst time of the pandemic, cooped up in a house with only his

imagination as a guest. He has produced a remarkable collection

of stories, combining sadness and loss with medical knowledge and

distinctive humor

The protagonist of the fi rst story is a superstitious old woman

who believes that Covid was sent by the devil and who can

prove that it wasn’t? We read about a muddled septuagenarian

whose imaginary friend from childhood replaces his dead wife.

There’s an autobiographical sketch written by the virus itself, a

play by play description concerning the invasion of Dave’s nose.

There’s a sad dog with large hairy ears who waits for his master

to return after he’s taken away on a stretcher. We encounter a

klatch of washed-up Gods sipping coffee in the heavens, who

kvetch about irreverent humans and are delighted thatCovid

has come. There’s a misogynist sinner whose ashes are taken

to a rundown cemetery and dumped in a cluster of weeds. The

final story, Meltdown, is a dystopian tale about a super virulent

Covid virus that kills most of the Earth’s population, leaving

only a few desperate humans to argue amongst themselves.

These stories will make you laugh, make you cry, and might

make you cough if you haven’t had your booster shots.