Project Gutenberg 2010-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 116 Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney) 1915 1979 Marks, Winston Kinney Brown John's Body Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Brown John's Body" by Winston K. Marks is a science fiction short story originally published in a magazine during the mid-20th century, specifically in January 1955. The tale explores themes of isolation, human-animal relationships, and the darker side of human nature. The narrative revolves around Erd Neff, a man deeply distrustful of humanity, who prefers the company of a rat named John over other people. The story follows Erd Neff as he manages a cash vault filled with currency while living a solitary life, mainly interacting with his pet rat, John, whom he has trained to communicate in rudimentary sounds. Neff's life takes a tense turn when two young intruders break into his warehouse, incapacitating him with a dangerous gas and leaving him tied up. As he struggles to breathe and escape, he calls upon John for help, attempting to motivate the rat to chew through his bonds. However, in a grim twist, John's instincts drive him to consume Neff's flesh in a desperate bid for survival. This harrowing ending underlines both Neff's emotional disconnect and the primal nature of survival instinct in the face of death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32076/32076-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 95.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Short stories Horror tales Rats -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 53654 2025-08-13T07:29:01.566133 text/html 49860 2010-04-21T06:26:02 text/html 123930 2025-08-13T07:29:03.303123 application/epub+zip 122729 2025-08-13T07:29:01.897153 application/epub+zip 58040 2025-08-13T07:29:01.717164 application/epub+zip 159962 2025-08-13T07:29:04.553144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152364 2025-08-13T07:29:03.120155 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 88672 2022-09-14T16:17:02.379957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46001 2025-08-13T07:29:01.436140 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45909 2010-04-21T06:26:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18757 2025-08-13T07:29:04.674143 application/rdf+xml 23062 2025-08-13T07:29:01.779184 image/jpeg 4447 2025-08-13T07:29:01.748144 image/jpeg 131609 2010-04-21T06:26:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 18449 2010-04-21T06:26:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 138657 2025-08-13T07:29:01.589141 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog