To save those whom he loves, a boy journeys to the hinterlands surrounding a plague-ravaged Boston along with a companion and... something else? An Honorable Mention List selection for Best Horror of the Year, " ' Shibboleth' captures humanity at its best and its worst... rarely has humanity been captured so well within literature" (Ben Eads, Shroud Magazine).

This tale comes from Stories from the Plague Years, the debut short fiction collection of International Horror Guild Award- and Bram Stoker Award-winner Michael Marano.

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