Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser & Courtney Rene

Author:Rebecca Besser & Courtney Rene [Besser, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Besser Books
Published: 2015-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

About the story from Rebecca Besser:

“Heroic Dreams first appeared in the Superheroes VS Zombies anthology in 2011, from Living Dead Press. This was the rural version of the mental challenged main character dealing with the zombie apocalypse while he tried to protect the ones he loved.

I hope you enjoyed both versions!”

A DAY IN THE NEW WORLD

By Courtney Rene

Stardate, 3211

Just kidding, it’s June 13, 2023. It’s day two hundred fortyish of the new world. There isn’t a concrete day as to when the world fell apart thanks to a small virus, but it was about eight months ago. The world is not what it once was. In fact, it’s a shell of what it once was. No power. No homes. No processed or fast food. Civilization is gone. Nowhere is safe. Nowhere is home.

How did I survive when over seventy-five percent of the population didn’t? Intelligence? No. Luck? Maybe. I would guess, though, that the reality is because I’m a coward. The world is never going to be the same. The world is never going to be safe again. So I run from it. Every day, every chance I get, because I’m a coward.

I look up from my journal at the sound of a twig breaking and the rustling of leaves. I silently set it down on the rock where I sit and slowly, stand up to look around. My movements don’t make any sound. I’m smart about sound in the small forest and, actually, anywhere I go. Noise is an enemy as much as the rest of the world.

I hear movement heading in my direction. The handmade bow slides off my shoulder in a smooth and practiced motion, and an arrow at the other side pulls free of the little leather pouch where I keep them. I made the bow from a piece of red oak. I tried to use bamboo, but in this area of Ohio there isn’t all that much bamboo to work with; it took a bit of trial and error to get a good solid, workable bow. The arrows were easier to make. There are more birch trees around to work and learn with. How did I, a simple city girl know how to do this? Duh, I went to the library. You don’t need electricity to use a library or to read a book. Even though the world is a wreck and there’s no such thing as civilization anymore, there are still libraries with all the information you could want or need, hence, the bow and arrows.

I notched the arrow and drew back. I wait to see what’s coming. I wait until I can see its eyes. I don’t have long. The dragging, limping creature comes into view as expected, about one hundred yards ahead through the dense berry bushes. The long, thorned branches tear at his already ragged clothes as he pushes through.

He was once a middle-aged man, probably decent looking with a good job and…yes, he has a ring, so he had a wife or has a wife.

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