Bacillus includes 13 classic short stories of bacterial and microbial organisms, diseases, and plagues by authors like Jack London, H. G. Wells, Algernon Blackwood, and others. Tales include apocalyptic stories, plague ships, and scientific discoveries. Also included is the 1918 science fiction novel The Blue Germ, by Martin Swayne.
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The Masque of the Red Death (1842), Edgar Allan Poe
- The Microbe of Death (1894), Rudolph de Cordova
- The Stolen Bacillus (1895), H. G. Wells
- The Purple Death (1896), William Livingston Alden
- The Plague Ship (1897), Jack London
- The Plague Ship Tupisa (1899), George Griffith
- Dr. Cox's Discovery (1903), Herbert D. Ward
- Max Hensig: Bacteriologist and Murderer (1907), Algernon Blackwood
- The Golden Rat (1908), Alexander Harvey
- The Sheriff of Kona (1909), Jack London
- The Scarlet Plague (1915), Jack London
- The Beautiful Bacillus (1931), Patrick Dutton
- Noekken of Norway (1934), Bob Olsen