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11 Down
Tom Slater finally had some time to relax. He picked up an old Stars section from the Post Standard and folded it into crisp quarters. He had four minutes to enjoy the last New York Times crossword puzzle he would ever attempt. A kid from 76th Squad named Winger burst through the door. Winger had…
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Lucky Numbers
Sherman trudged through the iced over snow. The thin film crackled as his feet broke through it and sank beneath. He climbed over makeshift barricades and wound his way through the cluttered mess of slowly rotting vehicles. He wandered down the road careful not to tread on large lumps in the snow here and there.…
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Not Yet
Fitz and Eve were meant for each other. In another time they would have been… Wait. There’s no use in dwelling upon the could have beens or the should have beens. They are all gone, burnt up and laid low. This was not another time. It was this time; the hard present, the cruel reality.…
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Paralysis
Anderson was a cripple. He had lived his life in a chair. When the dead came, the news said to stay indoors and stay quiet. Anderson did as he was told. He couldn’t speak anyway. A few days after the outbreak, the power died. The lights faded away, one by one till none were left.…
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The End?
“What’s that sound?” Jerry thought to himself as he walked along Runway 10. Since the outbreak, some sounds became too familiar, while others ceased to exist. This sound was something that Jerry had not heard in all of his years at Hancock, and it was getting louder. Jerry looked to the west to see where…
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The Son Also Rises
Troy grew up on a farm where he mucked manure and slaughtered cows; his whole day was blood and crap and sleep before another day of blood and crap. His mother died when he was eight and his father, Jarvis, drank too much to forget his pain. After five years, Jarvis started beating Troy, so…
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Home for the Holidays
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through Z-Cuse All the Zombies were frozen; they stood like statues. They say for Christmas, there’s no place like home, And with Zack frozen stiff, we’d be safe alone. The children were nestled back home in their beds, And dreamt Santa would bring them shiny new ZEDs And…