First Zombie by Sean Thomas Fisher

Author:Sean Thomas Fisher [Fisher, Sean Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Bump in the Night Publishing
Published: 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00

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Tyler grunted. “Fucking millennials, think they know everything.”

Finn exhaled a heavy breath and sped out of the lot, running over the dead guy’s head. Taking a hard right, he slid the truck sideways onto Main Street, blowing a lonely red light and shooting into the dark.

“That dude ain’t never gonna make it,” Tyler yelled over the racing engine, bouncing in the backseat.

Finn glanced at him in the rearview mirror. “Not unless the power goes out and he gets off his phone.”

Removing the camouflage ballcap, he ran a hand through his thick red hair. “That’s no joke, man,” he said, slapping the cap back down. “Cellphone’s been turning people into zombies for years now. Everyone walking around with their heads down, mumbling to themselves.”

“Did you see him back there?” Miranda twisted around in the passenger seat, the wind blowing her hair out. “Why are people always filming instead of helping?”

“That’s a good question, Ma’am,” Tyler sighed, smoothing his beard with thoughtful strokes of the hand. “If dude saw what I seen, he would’ve got his ass in the car.”

Finn glanced in the mirror, the road vibrating the seats. “What’d you see?”

Tyler turned to look out his window, watching a brightly lit billboard for a nearby casino slip into the past with everything else. Like safety and security, Chad and Carmen. “One minute my mom and I were watching Hawaii Five-0 and the next…dead people were pouring in through the patio door.” He sighed, fogging the glass. “They pushed right through the screen, killed my mom and dog in the kitchen while I was half asleep on the couch.”

“That’s horrible,” Miranda said in a soft voice, swapping a look with her husband. “I’m sorry, Tyler.”

He gestured with the handgun. “Unfortunately, I left the Desert Eagle and my rifle out in my truck like an idiot so I made a run for it.” Pulling a wheezing breath into his chest, his voice cracked when he spoke. “I left them to die.”

“Hey,” Miranda said, tipping her chin down at him. “There was nothing you could’ve done to help them. These things…” Trailing off, she turned back around and watched white lines slip beneath them, swallowing whatever she was about to say next.

Tyler turned to his faint reflection in the glass and let his eyes stray from focus. “You always wonder if your dog will protect you from a home invader…” Blinking a tear into his beard, he shook his head. “Buster tore into a couple of those bastards but there were too many of em.” Growing quiet, he gazed off into the night, discreetly wiping away another tear. “Can you put it on the country station?”

“We’re almost there,” Finn replied, stepping harder on the gas pedal.

“Almost where?”

“A trailer a few miles down the road,” Miranda told him, rolling up her window and stopping the wind.

“Oh yeah? I wonder if I know them.”

“MacMillan,” Finn told him, watching Miranda pull up her GPS.

“Hmm, don’t think I do.” Tyler rested an arm along the backseat.

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