Mate in Two Moves

In a near‑future world where a mysterious pathogen makes its victims literally fall in love to their death, Dr. Sylvester Murt is the unsuspecting pathologist thrust into the center of the crisis. Working the night shift at High Dawn Hospital, he dissects tissue samples while his sharp‑witted assistant, Dr. Phyllis Sutton, points out the bizarre social fallout—empty classrooms, sudden mass marriages, and even absurd “pantie raids” that dominate the headlines. Their banter is dry, but the stakes rise as the virus spreads faster than any conventional outbreak.

The story blends a tight‑knit medical mystery with satirical commentary on how love and panic can become contagions of their own. As Murt and Sutton race to understand a disease that attacks the heart in more ways than one, they confront a society teetering between romance‑driven hysteria and scientific rationality. Listeners will be drawn into a clever, slightly absurd thriller that asks what happens when affection itself becomes lethal.