Imagine a life form traveling between worlds as a parasite, changing the host to something grossly different. Imagine being a wealthy man that bathed in an isolated warm pool and his loss of control as he is consumed from within...
In the movie "The Mist" a woman leaves the store after the mist surrounds it to walk home to her young children. What happened to her? Spoilers for the movie.
Charles Mazzini just turned eighteen and he feels very weak, sluggish even. He has to get through school like that, while noticing other changes about himself. That doesn't even count how differently others treat him, from bullies to his best friend to his teachers. What is going with him, anyway?