Smiling Is Contagious

Tired of healing wounded soldiers on the borders of the British Empire, Silas Cane returns to the heartlands of Victorian England as a rural doctor. The quiet Oxfordshire village is a welcome break from the chaos of war, until a smiling madman dies of a disease never seen before.

After watching so many men die, Cane will do whatever it takes to keep the villagers alive.

If they don't kill him first.

A 14,000 word science fiction horror novelette.