A Desolating Sickness: Stories of Pandemic

An exhibit at the BYU Library

The Authors

Clicking on an author’s name will take you to text and audio versions of their stories, as well as a video interview.

Mattathias Westwood

He Gave Them Bread From Heaven for Their Hunger

Traci Hunter Abramson

The Real Danger

Sian Ann Bessey

Corona the Thief (A children’s story)

D.J. Butler

That State of Awful Woundedness

Emily H. Butler

Michael R. Collings

Triple Sonnet in a Season of Pandemic

Michaelbrent Collings

Jessica Day George

James Goldberg

Between Glory and Ruin

Gabriel
González Núñez

Perro semihundido
(Partially Submerged Dog)

Christopher Husberg

Shelter Together

Mette Ivie Harrison

Pandemic Superhero

Charlie N. Holmberg

The Turning Scourge

Josi S. Kilpack

One Step Enough

Lance Larsen

Blessing the Sacrament in My In-laws’ Garage

Allison Hong Merrill

Amy Youngblood’s New Best Friend

Heather B. Moore

Over the Rooftops

J. Scott Savage

Scott Savage

Dan Wells

The Brazen Serpent

Robison Wells

Early Retirement

David Farland

The Upland Road

Brandon Mull

Steven L. Peck

Angels of Pleasant Grove

William Morris

Kim May

Walking Through the Forest of Your Mind

Theric Jepson

Christopher McAfee