A Scourge Of Screamers by Daniel Galouye Science Fiction A tale of alien infiltration of Earth A Bantam Book published January 1968 THE SCREAMIES SUFFER A SEARING BLAST OF PAIN AND FEAR WHICH DRIVES THE VICTIM INTO WRITHING PAROXYSMS OF ANGUISH A RAGING PLAGUE MOST OF THOSE WHO CONTRACT IT WILL KILL THEMSELVES TO PUT AN END TO THEIR SUFFERING THEY TRIED EVERYTHING ISOLATION INSTITUTES SCREAMER PICKUP SQUADS STALKING THE STREETS EMERGENCY SEDATION KITS WITH THEIR PITIFULLY WAILING SIRENS WHICH COULD BE HEARD FOR BLOCKS BUT THE SCREAMIE EPIDEMIC CONTINUED TO GROW AN EPIDEMIC OF THE MIND FOSTERED BY THE ALIENS