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The Arkansas City Bridge Toll
The Marine Corp CH-53K Super Stallion banked low over the Arkansas River, dodging trees and telephone poles as the thirty members of Lt. Rhine’s platoon sat in the back holding on for dear life. Rhine pulled himself to his feet and made his way up to where the pilot and copilot were weaving the massive…
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Welcome to the War
Lieutenant Rhine hated Syracuse. He hated everything about it; from the arrogant people he was sent here to protect to the winter cold that made bones ache down to the marrow. In hind sight he knew that he should never have agreed to lead this operation, but the deal they had offered was too good…
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Erin Go Araghhh…
The residents of Tipperary Hill have a tradition of gathering underneath the green on top traffic light at midnight as St. Patrick’s Day begins. They would make their way to the corner of Tompkins and Burnet Park Drive to paint a shamrock in the intersection. The tradition had been going on for as long as…
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Hollow Be Thy Name
Our father, who art in heaven, A hot shower with clean water. For as long as I wanted. And central heat with clean, fluffy towels when I get out. White cotton towels like angel’s wings. Clean sheets and a woman who wasn’t trading it for rations. There’s heaven for you. That’s all. Nothing more. Hallowed…
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Assess This
William knew that he had a one in twenty chance of being a victim of a serious crime, and a one in eighteen-thousand chance of being murdered. It’s what he did for a living. Being a risk assessor, he knew that it lay everywhere, and he hated it. Image what it’d be like to see…
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The best laid plans…
Oban had made hundreds of silly mistakes in his past, but this time, he was determined to get it right. Preparing his weapons, his mind wandered over the myriad events in his life that had been messed up by his accidental bumbling. Kind-hearted and well meaning, clumsiness and a tendency to get things wrong had…
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East Elizabeth And Fennel
There is a house in the heart of Skaneateles. The house has seen better days. Especially since the outbreak. In fact the whole town has seen better days. One beautiful houses are now to the point of falling down. Stores have been broken into and cleaned out. Restaurants have been broken into by desperate…
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B-easter
Joseph gathered up his followers and joined forces with a dozen or so pagans and the fortieth squad of Corpse Corps. They headed out for the hill by the water tower at Thornden Park. It had always been one of his favorite spots in Syracuse. Never before had a mass been delivered so quietly or…
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Thankzgiving
“There were only a few at first, but their numbers grew quickly. They came from overseas; bringing their disease with them. We were surprised to see them at first. We had never seen anything like them before. Their skin looked so different; their speech patterns didn’t match ours. It wasn’t long before they forced us…
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The notebook
Date: February 24th-25th 2010 Time:1030 Location:Queens,NY My name is John Maddock. I decided to write out my story of the apocalypse.This Notebook is filled with tips and helpful information to survive the outbreak. My story starts in Queens. I was just landing in JFK international airport when i heard news of a new breed of…
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Afrikan Rabies
Operation: Vaccine ROE: Self Defense measures only, limit Civilian casualties/Collateral Damage. Location: 20km West of Dhuusamareeb Unit: 1 SF Alpha team Arms: Light arms, limited explosives, suppressors. Execution: Alpha team is to insert via UH-60 at 0130 hrs. Team is to then move to way point delta, destroy all evidence of Project Savior, then exfiltrate…