Love Prevails: A Zombie Nightmare by Dane Hatchell

Author:Dane Hatchell [Hatchell, Dane]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B007ZRH66C
Goodreads: 13665723
Publisher: Mind Hemorrhage Press
Published: 2012-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 1

Sixty miles away, a 2020 North American Motor’s Evergreen Sedan skirted the piney woods, headed toward Dallas.

"Of course the Non-Dead don't deserve the right to vote." Lisa glanced at Bob momentarily, and then returned her eyes to the road. "They don't have to pay taxes, or buy food. They live in free housing and get free health care. All of their needs are provided."

"But the Non-Dead do work, right? Their pay is only a fraction of minimum wage. If they don't work, well, you know what happens to those who aren't capable of working any longer? In-cin-er-ation," Bob said, emphasizing each syllable, his eyes glued on the dark road ahead while he drove.

"Yes the Non-Dead work. They have to work. Our way of life, as fucked up as it is now, would return to the 1800s if we didn't have them. Losing half the people on the planet during the Dark Times makes every human, Living human that is, a priceless commodity.

"I like electricity. I like cars, new clothes, shoes, makeup, and perfume. If the zombies or Undead or the Non-Dead or whatever PC term they come up with next, wait, what the fuck does that even mean, the Non-Dead?"

"Non-Living was rejected because it contained the word living. They were given the status of Non-Dead to indicate that they are technically dead," Bob interjected.

"How do you even know all of this crap? Anyway, if the Non-Dead are being kept alive, I mean functioning, or whatever in the hell they are, by us, then, they owe us. We should think of them more as a machine. You wouldn’t ever think about giving a tractor the right to vote, would you?" Lisa grabbed her Juicy Couture handbag from the floorboard and fumbled for her tube of lip balm.

Bob slowed the car as the road rose ahead and wound to the east. "I understand your point. Put things in perspective to be fair. You don't have to leave your comfortable home in the city and live out in the country where the food is grown because the Non-Dead are there to work in our place. Why is it that you can still buy fresh produce in a grocery store? Because of the Non-Dead, and their reward is to be treated like beasts of burden.

“Our roads are repaired, the trash is picked up, and most of the service industry is filled with the Non-Dead labor force, freeing up the Living from menial tasks to pursue more intellectual endeavors. You have noticed that some of the movie theaters have reopened, haven't you?"

Lisa chuckled. "Yeah, where you can watch a rerun or a new movie made on a camcorder and home computer."

"Hey, Hollywood is finally starting to turn out a product. The new movies focus more on content and dialogue, emphasizing the story, and contain fewer special effects. You should appreciate that over the flash and booms of the Hollywood of old.

"Lisa, you just have to become more progressive, or you'll be left behind as the world moves on without you.

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