Title: The End of the Whole Mess
Description: Howard Forney’s journal recounts the intense promise and disastrous effects of his younger brother Bobby’s genius. When Bobby discovers an unknown chemical that diminishes anger and hostility, he believes he’s found the path to world peace. Only after utilizing an erupting volcano to spread the chemical throughout the world does Bobby learn that the chemical also causes dementia and eventually death.
([source][1])


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Contained in:

 - [Grave Predictions](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20081019W/Grave_Predictions)
 - [Nightmares & Dreamscapes][2]
 - [Nightmares & Dreamscapes: 2/3](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917372W)
 - [Rêves et cauchemars-1](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16803219W)
 - [Wastelands](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17689410W/Wastelands)


  [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/end_of_the_whole_mess_the.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81604W/Nightmares_Dreamscapes
Subjects: science fiction, aquifers, dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
Places: Texas, La Plata, Borneo
People: Howard Forney, Bobby Forney