The Third Eye
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Rick Medors stood with a medical pamphlet in one hand that described the surgery he had undergone months earlier.
“Gamma Knife surgery is recognized worldwide as the preferred treatment for metastatic brain tumors and has successfully treated primary brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations. The Gamma Knife offers a non-invasive alternative for many patients for whom traditional brain surgery is not an option and removes the physical trauma and the majority of risks associated with conventional surgery. This effective treatment only requires an overnight hospital stay with periodic follow-ups. It is proven safe over the long term and is recognized and covered by most insurance plans. The Gamma Knife allows noninvasive cerebral surgery to be performed with extreme precision, sparing tissues adjacent to the target; that is, of course, if the proper targeting measure has been used to ensure the specific dosage of radiation.”
No one had warned Rick that although the surgery had been perfected, the targeting techniques had not. Instead of a thin beam of radiation being used with pinpoint accuracy, a wider band was used, activating long dormant glands in his brain.
Now he stood with the brochure in his gnarled, bestial hand, trying to understand the new world around him.
About the Author
Stanley Ray was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1958. He received his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University where he majored in history education. His graduate degree, also from Ohio State, is in teaching methodology. A writer since high school, Ray has had several non-fiction articles published, but has always been attracted to both history and horror. He has begun a series of novels he likes to call “historical horror.” Each plays on the “what if” scenarios to which history so easily lends itself. “I have always enjoyed telling stories that challenge the imagination,” Ray says. It isn’t enough to present things as they are— I like to look at them as they might be. All my writing has more than a ring of truth to it; each story has a historical fact that makes one wonder about the fantastic nature of the subject.” Ray currently resides in Grove City, Ohio, where he has been both a high school teacher and a field professor for The Ohio State University. He lives with his son, a one-hundred pound Malamute/Labrador mix