Zombie
For the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge this year, I’m posting a 100 word piece of flash fiction every day. It might be a self-contained story, or a scene–whatever, it’ll be fiction, and it’ll be over in a flash! Today’s story is…
Zombie
We lost the barn door with the first one. I nearly lost my friend with the last. I was preoccupied watching these unconscious zombies return to the living. I saw grey skin turn pink, glazed eyes blaze into life. Some even smiled.
Then the last stormed through the doorway, pushing me aside. He went straight for the man with the unicorn blood. I got up in time to see the zombie over him, hands around his neck, the last vial spilled on the ground.
I had no choice.
I set aside the club, and took up an axe.
In case you didn’t pick up on it, this is part two of my “U” story. And that’s it for this year’s A-to-Z Blogging Challenge. I hope you’ve had as much fun reading these flash fiction stories as I’ve had writing them. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to stop by, comment, and make this year’s challenge that much more fun.
Congratz on finishing the challenge! A nice post to end it with it makes me wonder if there will be a part 3?
Thank you, Cely! A part 3? Who knows… perhaps… 🙂
Congratulations on finishing the challenge. Interesting finale for a theologian. Hahaha. Good thing the ax was there. I hope to post my z later today, so making a tour through some of the blogs I didn’t get to visit. Glad I stopped by. Maria, “http://delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/”
I hope it gives you comfort that even theologians know how to deal with zombies, Maria. 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
Zombies and unicorn blood? I like it. Congrats on making it through the challenge.
~Patricia Lynne~
Story Dam
Patricia Lynne, YA Author
Thanks, Patricia! This is my play on the whole Unicorns vs. Zombies debate. 😉
Of course the zombies were going to come!!! Congrats on the finale!!
Thanks, Andrea! You didn’t think those zombies would let them get away with curing their buddies, did you? Of course not! 😉
This is a great continuation, and an inventive use for unicorn blood!
Congratulations on getting to Z 🙂
Thanks, Laura! I couldn’t leave you all hanging at U… 😉
Thank you for your daily visit to my blog, which means a lot to me.
And thank you for your intriguing short stories.
You are very welcome, Romi, and thank *you*! I’ve enjoyed your blog posts, and look forward to more of them. 🙂
I know horror isn’t usually your comfort zone, Colin, but I quite liked ‘U’ and ‘Z’. Zombies actually work here with the flash fiction challenge. It’s short and snappy but enough to get a glimpse of the undead and what they’re like. Also the thought of zombies smiling… *shudders* Creeps me out for sure. Nice one!
Thanks, Robin–this is high praise indeed coming from a horror fan! I’m glad you liked them. 😀