The Siege of Peter Marak

What is your greatest fear? What if someone else's life depended upon you facing that fear? After losing his wife to pneumonia, Peter Marak develops a fear of germs and quarantines himself to his home. One night, a coughing woman knocks on his door, begging him to open it because a dangerous man is on the loose, leaving him with a terrible choice.... Originally published in "Fear and Trembling" (issue 43, Nov.
2011).