All Father and the Shark

I’m still old enough to remember when they first came. Popular science and Hollywood hokum always depicted invaders from another world coming from the heavens. But the reality of it was more horrifying then anything science-fiction could ever prepare mankind for. Gloria always phrased it as, “They waited until we were ripe for the picking.” Perchance she’s right. I don’t know. At first, it appeared nothing happened. But after a few years, people started to change. Now there aren’t people -- not really. Over the course of a decade, mankind evolved into five distinct species.
This is the world I grew up in. Also, I think it’s the world I died in.

All Father and the Shark is a short story by the author of the Dog and Troll series, depicting what transpires when an alien virus attacks Earth.