Prime Slime Chapter 10: Blights Out!

Without air-conditioning, the lab offered no relief from the heat. Experiments were conducted in the morning or late evening, when Continue reading →

Prime Slime, Chapter 8: Playing with Fire

Evo celebrated his 50th birthday atop the highest peak in Montana. Ascending to 9000 feet on the ski lift, he Continue reading →

Prime Slime, Chapter 7: Slime Conference

The World Biofilm Conference, held every summer in northwestern US, was this year in Big Sky, Montana, an alpine ski Continue reading →

Prime Slime, Chapter 6: Serious Students

You can’t be indifferent to slime. It’s either fascinating or disgusting. Children love it, adults loathe it. Aversion to slime Continue reading →

Prime Slime, Chapter 5: The Long, Winding Road

Having consumed the better part of Evo’s life, the MIFF enterprise was wearing thin, and had gone far beyond his Continue reading →

Prime Slime, Chapter 4: Background of Invention

Working late in the lab, Dr. Lucio was proofreading a manuscript on his latest studies, while munching on white crackers Continue reading →

Prime Slime, Chapter 3: Summer Session

With months of no rainfall, the summer drought threatened to change the history books. Long Island no longer qualified as Continue reading →

Prime Slime, Chapter 2: The Diagnosis

Chapter Two The Diagnosis The next morning, Ayden and Katey arrived at the lab early. Evo was already there, sitting Continue reading →