Contagious

Read Leviticus 13-15

Leviticus 13:46 "All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be."

History is full of plagues that wiped out families, communities, and swept through countries. If we want to write a historical novel, we can pick either the period or the epidemic and follow the narration to flesh out the plot.

We don’t have to restrict ourselves to history. If we want to write a contemporary story, we can make up a disease. We could even use a known disease and imagine what would happen if it suddenly got out of control.

 

Another way to go could be to imagine what might happen if a cure was found for a disease, but the side effects took on a life of their own. Writing a contagion-related story can combine fact with fantasy.