Title: Memory Sharks
Author: IsayToodlepip, aka Tubesox
Pairing: House & Wilson strong friendship (or slash, if you squint)
Summary: Inspired by an idea from Steven Hall's "The Raw Shark Texts", this is a short story with alternating POVs
Rating: PG-13
The Ludovician is a predator, a shark. It feeds on human memories and the intrinsic sense of self. Ludovicians are solitary, fiercely territorial and methodical hunters. A Ludovician might select an individual human being as its prey animal and pursue and feed on that individual over the course of years, until that victim’s memory and identity have been completely consumed. Sometimes, the target’s body survives this ordeal and may go on to live a second twilight life after the original self and memories have been taken. In time, such a person may establish a ‘bolt-on’ identity of their own, but the Ludovician will eventually catch the scent of this and return to complete its kill. –
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
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