plagues
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Plagues have been a plot staple throughout literary history, from the “Iliad” and the Bible to classics like Boccaccio’s “Decameron” and Daniel Defoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year.”
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2022
Plagues usually happen when rain follows several years of drought.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2021
Plagues can be symbolic as well as real.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2020
"Absurd Planet" "Circus of Books" "El silencio del pantano" "The Plagues of Breslau" "The Willoughbys" "Win the Wilderness"
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2020
Plagues of insects and consequent further agricultural disorders are a likely consequence of nuclear war.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
