Walking Dead – A Zombie Short Story
With the first draft of A World on Fire complete, I thought I’d put it away for a little bit so I could clear my head. The very next day, feeling a little disorientated about not having the draft in front of me, I opened it up and checked out the first chapter. Three hours later, I realized I had started on draft number two.
It will still be some time before the final version of the book is out. I’ll pretty much keep rewriting until I don’t feel the need to vomit when reading it. My original goal was to complete it by June of 2010 but that’s pure fantasy at this point. If I finish the second draft by then, I’d consider myself blessed.
Until it is complete, I’d thought I’d give you another taste of the dead with this short story I wrote sometime back. The plan was for me to write an anthology of zombie stories loosely connected with this story being the middle one. I have a small treatment for the book, but I never got around to writing it or any other zombie stories since A World on Fire has my complete attention. This story was never published, so it’s a web feature only. Give it a read and enjoy.
Interesting and pretty well written, as much as I dislike stories without a proper conclusion. I guess the fact that the character changes so much in the last part worked as a resolution.
Interesting point, Strife. I never thought about the physical conflict when writing the story, rather the emotional one. If I ever rewrite this, I’ll keep that in mind.
Nice! I enjoyed Andy’s emotional transformation. I don’t know how well he would do eating the dead, but more power to him!
hahahaha … thanks Gwythaint … I think as long as he had some chips and mustard, he’d do all right :)
Congratulations on finishing the first draft. That in itself is always a major accomplishment.