Dr. Curio

The eerie doctor...The invisible doc...

Dr. Curio…By Sami Khalil

The eerie doc…The invisible doc...

The quiet whispers had eerie undertones. Darkness beyond held on pulsing hearts, twitching in fear of death unearthed. Sanctity of life beheld the essence of art adoration as forests echoed the call of owls, ascribing to cautious tales. Some wishing tears brought mortality into the questioning of the woe, while chasing off fears that began earnestly in injured prides.

Strutting along his guise of doctor’s uniform, faring forth patients’ rooms, sharp hypodermic syringes were plunged into their veins, while weak hands shivered and lips quivered, to no avail of this horror, brought forth by his invisible fingers, wearing white silhouetted gloves.

The pale moon witnessed hearts grasp at death wishes, making room for the mournful and inconsolable to seek the inanimate. Authorities feared a doctor had went mad, tarnished by meltdowns and letdowns, committed all these heinous incidents.

As brutal as they can be, they knew rumors can stir patterns of unjust outcomes. Some went further to suggest that he was testing some new drugs for the pharmaceutical companies’ benefits, even selling them to prison houses for handsome profits.

Dr. Curio, the whisperer as he was known for, had the license to kill, imprinted his morbidity on the hospital psyche. He had a fleeting presence, seen by nurses when opening office rooms, sitting on the desk, white-robed, writing deadly prescriptions, then vanishing into thin air.

There was so much confusion even at room temperature. The shape to become, in his writings, had hailed the insane, who were culled to die like lowly animals in utter vain. Due to dull normality, he rejoiced in the anomalous world of morbid souls. All his victims turned to be an exact copy of him, for he found the recipe to change the human makeup in a syringe.

Those fortunate look-alikes, waking up from slumber, went on to spread his bewitching trade. Mass hysteria spread across the globe as people avoided all hospitals like the plague. Many went back to Native medicines. Others called on Imhotep for divine protection. On the other hand, owls kept calling, ascribing to cautious tales, to no avail of this horror. Dr. Curio was crowned the “King of All Medicine!”   

Reviews

[MCS]

What a master weaver of words you are my friend.
Well done and enjoyed!

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! What a wonderful review my friend and fellow poet. Thank you so much dear.

[barleygirl]

This is the most imaginative one of yours I've read so far. It's also very imaginative for the macabre motif . . . most writers tend to use similar ideas, but your premise is very "out there" & original! The most surprising ideas: drug testing as a threatening pastime & testing being used to create clones of the doc. I love the way your writing is very poetic, even tho technically prose. Keep the Halloween themes comin' becuz I love 'em! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! You know how much I appreciate your thoughts and analysis of my writes as I appreciate you and your talent. So glad you joined us on this site for you have brought an awesome and unique dimension. You literally brought life to this site. Your wonderful spirit is felt by all. Thank you so much muchly...

[barleygirl]

This is the best compliment I ever got in my life. I remember when I first started on this website, people were writing scathing criticisms of various types of writers or the personal gripes of various habits, etc. Now I never see those & I like the more positive approaches all around! *smile*

[Sami Khalil]

All true. I totally agree. We are not here to put each other down or any other sinister reason. We are here to know, appreciate, be aware, lift up and share this wonderful art form. Gracie Mille.

[Lyn Anderson]

Very nicely done. It is a pleasure to read the evolution and expansion of your style. Since its format is just as much poem as story, and I know it's hard to get people to read stories sometimes, you might consider it a prose poem

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! I do agree. Thank you so much beloved poet and friend for this wonderful review and appreciation. Good to see you.

[Ken Simm.]

The style this is written in assists so well the type of story it is. It is a poet writing a story and that is good.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Thank you so much great poet and artist for this wonderful review and testimony. Your views mean a lot to me. God bless.

[.]

Wow! Wonderfully imagined, Sami!

This brought to mind a cross between The Invisible Man and another old celluloid villain called Doctor Cyclops, a brilliant scientist driven to madness from his obsession with wanting to shrink people down to ant size.

This is quite a chilling write in its brevity! Wonderful use of vocabulary throughout, a hallmark of the Sami Write, in my humble opinion. This is such a well constructed, imaginative piece of fiction. Wonderful, as always.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! You are awesome. I love your take on things. You are well versed and knowledgeable. Thank you so much.
Please send some read requests when you post.

[.]

Always welcome. Will do on the read requests.

[Sami Khalil]

Note: This doctor wants all to be like him. He discovered the potion or recipe to change human genetics. Hence the look-alikes

[.]

Yeah. I made that out. Like a deranged DNA alteration to produce clones of himself. So well imagined.

[Sami Khalil]

Thank you kindly my good friend.

[Iam-me]

Wow, this was an incredible read and journey into Dr Curio. What can I say short, deep, detailed and intriguing and drama-filled from start till end?

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! You are amazing dear poet and friend. I love to see on my page visiting and sharing. You are kind enough and talented more...

[Iam-me]

Thank you, but I'm just me daft and soft-hearted .but thankyou for being my friend means a whole lot to me honestly.

[Sami Khalil]

My pleasure. You have a sound mind, good heart and that is a blessing. believe me, people notice and see. Never let things, people discourage you from achieving your best you.

[Iam-me]

Sami your my angel. hugs.

[Sami Khalil]

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[Sami Khalil]

"Those fortunate look-alikes, waking up from slumber, went on to spread his bewitching trade. Mass hysteria spread across the globe"

[Sami Khalil]

"The pale moon witnessed hearts grasp at death wishes, making room for the mournful and inconsolable to seek the inanimate."

Sami Khalil

[Sami Khalil]

"Dr. Curio, the whisperer as he was known for, had the license to kill, imprinted his morbidity on the hospital psyche."