September 2012
2 posts
March 2012
9 posts
ENTRY #34
I pulled back my bowstring for the first time and looked down the sight . I aimed for the closest one tearing down the barricade viciously to get in. it was a miss, landing at Nat’s feet who was still scrambling to get out of his sleeping bag. I hadn’t thought of how much the arrow would drop in the air. I added in this adjustment and got ready to fire again but jack was alright up and...
ENTRY #33
Night had passed and I still hadn’t slept at all. Slivers of light now began to shine through the broken windows. I saw movement in the distance where everyone was now sleeping. The sun had begun to rise and slivers of light now shone through landing on Tabitha’s face. I waved her over and waited a few minutes for her to finally climb the rock wall to where I had been sitting all...
ENTRY#32
“Wow, I’m sorry dude, I had no idea I was going to scare you off of that wall.” It was a pretty sincere apology from Ronnie, so it was hard for me to be mad at him for it. I pulled myself to my feet and told everyone I was alright. Luckily I was mostly unharmed save for the bruise I could feel developing on my back. As retribution I had Ronnie carry the perch up along with a lawn...
ENTRY#31
I closed my eyes just before hitting the ground and now they wouldn’t open. I struggled as hard as I could to get them to open. They slowly peeled open and I looked around. I was no longer laying on the ground. I was slowly fluttering up toward the top of the rock wall, everyone below now standing around my corpse as Ronnie tore into it. Everyone just looked down at me laying on the ground,...
ENTRY #30
I grabbed hold of the first rock in my left hand to hoist myself up, I put my right foot on an orange rock. Everything was going very smoothly. Five or six rocks higher I looked down to judge my progress. My first two climbs had left me completely unafraid of this particular height but I couldn’t help being nervous. I turned back to the wall and continued climbing. I heard someone shout my...
ENTRY #29
I awoke to the patter of rain against the roof. The sound echoed throughout the space, making it sound like it was raining very hard. I got out of my sleeping bag and stood up to see that it was just drizzling. I unboxed the tree perch and tried to figure out the directions. A few people went out to see if Super Fresh had any food left. The perch wasn’t too tricky to figure out, I just needed a...
ENTRY #28
I made a third trip back through the store and got the tree perch I had passed earlier. I don’t exactly know why I grabbed it. I guess I just felt that it could come in handy so I went for it. I found sleeping bags and went to rejoin everyone else. They all already had sleeping bags and some were even lucky enough to have air mattresses. Jack got ready to take the first watch and I got into my...
Entry#27
As the sun began to set I remembered that I still had no place to sleep. I walked through the aisles looking for a sleeping bag; I saw the back wall covered in guns. I was drawn in like a mosquito to outdoor lights. There were a few guns left on the shelves but no bullets remained. Disappointed I walked down two more aisles with riflescopes, tree perches, targets, as well as decoys. The next aisle...
ENTRY #26
I flopped down against the wall. I felt so hopeless. What was the point? I pushed those thoughts aside, and got up. There was no room for thoughts like those now. Jack and Kelly stood by the window looking out to see if there were any more zombies coming to the scene we had just made. I guess it was just a few wandering zombies. I stood up and apologized to everyone.
“hey guys. I’m really sorry...
February 2012
26 posts
ENTRY #25
I put my elbow in front of me to catch my fall. I landed on the zombie’s throat crushing it. I felt it stop writhing under me and I quickly got to my feet. I looked around for somewhere to escape. I could hear the footsteps of everyone getting closer to me. I unlatched the hatchet I now remembered was on my hip. I inched backwards preparing to defend myself. Ronnie was outside by now and he joined...
ENTRY #24
I didn’t fall asleep; I sort of just lay there with my eyes closed. I heard the wind past my ears along with another noise. I heard a rustling n the distance, but I didn’t worry about it. I let my thoughts take me away but the rustling got louder and louder. I finally looked up to see maybe three or four zombies. The adrenaline pumped through me so fast as my fight or flight instincts kicked in....
ENTRY# 23
Everyone’s phone was either dead or they had left them in their rooms, with the exception of Nat who was currently calling his family as well. I walked outside for a bit of fresh air. For the first time I actually appreciated something simple in life other than sitting in front of an Xbox or TV screen. I stood next to an old red Honda civic and looked to the sky. The air was cold yet the sky was...
ENTRY#22
I tried to call for about an hour and then my phone battery finally gave out. I put my phone back into my pocket and dried all of the tears from my face. I rejoined the group back at the circle of chairs. They were talking to the two men, hearing the same things I had heard not to long ago. I finally introduced myself to them and found out that their names were Jack and Kelly. They agreed to let...
ENTRY# 21
You have one new message.. Message one..
“Hey Sam it’s Liam. Uh, you told me to call you when I was safe, and I’ve locked myself and ten other people in the schools cafeteria. We’ve been hanging out in here waiting for everything to chill out. We’ve actually been here for three or four hours, but I just got around to calling now because I think I might be getting the flu. I’ve...
ENTRY #20
I didn’t want to believe my ears. The words were unthinkable. A conspiracy? The government wouldn’t do that… Would they? How could it have been kept secret for two days? People didn’t get sick and become monsters the other day. It started three or four days ago. I sat there in disbelief as he told Ronnie and me that three days ago it was all over the news. My school didn’t have any news...
ENTRY#19
When I woke, not much time had passed. The ground was cold and I lay on my side. My elbow dug into my ribcage. Maybe ten minutes had passed, I wasn’t sure. The sun had set but I could tell from the light that it early into the night. I looked to Ronnie who was also awake. We didn’t talk; there was really no point. Liz lay with her back to the both of us. He saw my gaze turn to her and we exchanged...
ENTRY #18
Immediately, the one in the Bass Pro uniform started screaming at the other.
“Why would you do that? You’re such an idiot!”
“He was coming at me! What if he was going to try something?”
“Wow, just shut up. Tie them up. If you guys aren’t zombies in the morning ill untie you. I just need to make sure,” the one in the Bass Pro uniform said.
The one that had hit...
ENTRY #17
We walked block after block. Whatever this disease is, it looks like it didn’t start today. The streets are pretty empty. Traffic for miles is a dead stop. It took us two and a half hours to walk the distance to bass pro shop. The glass on the shop was broken out. Blood stained the sidewalk and dragged around the corner. We went to the side and peaked over. There was nothing there but dumpsters...
ENTRY #16
The phone clicked and I heard his voice. To my surprise it was no voice mail. It was really him. I don’t remember what we talked about but just hearing him speak was a relief in itself. He was fine. His campus was the exact same way. Him and his three roommates had barricaded the door and were waiting for things to quiet down before they tried to escape. I told him to call me as soon as he was in...
ENTRY #15
Nat quickly ran up and cleaved the head clean off of the zombie.
“Its too late to go back, just look over there. Everyone on campus is either dead, running for their lives, or a flesh-eating freak!” Nat shouted.
“So what do we do?” Liz retorted.
“We need to get as far from here as possible. A countryside or something. I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole world...
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ENTRY #14
Traffic hadn’t moved an inch. The five of us were stopped on the sidewalk now, and people began to get out of their cars to watch what was going on. Between the stumbling man in the street and the group of us wielding hatchets, and other tools, the crowd of people must have been geeking out. I could only imagine what could be going through their minds as they witnessed the scene.
The zombie...
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ENTRY #13
Nat, Ronnie and I exited the store with all of the tools and weapons, and laid them out on the curb for Tabitha and Liz to choose from. Liz sat there, no longer crying but still very upset. I looked at her and prayed that this nightmare would all be over soon enough and none of us would have to suffer much longer.
I had packed a first aid kit back at my dorm and it was coming in handy sooner than...
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ENTRY #12
So now there were two options and I wasn’t really having a hard time weighing them. We could a) abandon Liz for fear that she will turn into a zombie and try to eat us, or b) take her with us and hope for the best. It was an unspoken decision to do the latter. Tabitha sat outside of Stanley’s with her while us guys went inside. Nat stood at the door throwing shards of glass into the...
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ENTRY# 11
Slowly, I advanced toward poor old Stanley to put him to rest. But before I could make a move, Liz brushed by me. She ran over to Stanley, still writhing in the broken glass. A large piece of glass had slid over to her and she grasped it in her hand. She lifted it into the air above her head with both hands, and then buried it deep into Stanley’s face. Liz furiously pounded the shard into him,...
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ENTRY #10
We finally made it to Stanley’s after what felt like forever. We could hear screaming in the distance, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer. The door to Stanley’s read, “Open 9am-6pm,” but the store looked to be empty. Peering in the window, I became aware of a lone figure in one of the aisles. In the dim light, I could just make out the name tag on his torn up shirt. It was the...
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ENTRY #9
Our dorm sat on the very edge of campus. The school prides itself on being a part of the city, yet it’s in a very suburban area of Philadelphia. The campus is beautiful—densely covered with trees and grass. The sidewalks were a bit old and cracked, but that was a minor setback compared to what people faced on a large campus in the middle of a concrete jungle. On the left side of my...
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ENTRY #8
Nat and I told Ronnie what we had just seen in our english class. He didn’t believe us. Terror and adrenaline were still running rampant through my veins. I flipped out on him, screaming in his face that he was being ridiculous and that it would be on the news any minute.
“If you had any care for your life, you’d believe us!” I yelled.
Ronnie laughed it off, still thinking we...
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ENTRY #7
I couldn’t risk filling in my roommate Dill on what was going on. I had no time. I’ve seen all the movies with stuff like this, and this situation is no different. Except maybe for one thing; the deep, real life terror. It’s like watching Bear Grylls “Man Vs. Wild” and then being forced to live in the woods for a week with nothing. I have this gut feeling that no matter what I do, nothing will...
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ENTRY #6
The security guard sat there, unaware of what I had just seen. Like almost everyone else on campus, she didn’t seem to be worried about anything. I began walking right by her to the stairwell, when she stopped me to sign in. I quickly produced my campus card and swiped in as usual. Nat and I quickly climbed the three flights of stairs to the top floor. I jogged down the hall to my room. My...
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ENTRY #5
The student turned his bloodstained face toward me. The blank stare of this beast was searching my body for the best place to strike next. Just then, an arm grabbed my shoulder and heaved me from the room, slamming the door behind me. I threw my hands up in panicked defense; my reaction time probably would have left me dead had the hands not been that of my buddy, Nathan. Nat is my good friend...
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ENTRY #4
The girl two rows over from me noticed it before anyone else. That student moving toward our professor had a broken off exacto knife buried deep in the back of his head. Dried blood caked the hair surrounding the wound. I could see fear leap into the girl’s eyes as the monster dove at our professor’s throat. She collapsed to the ground as the rabid kid mounted her and began tearing...
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ENTRY#3
It started out simply, almost unnoticeably. One day, a number of students just didn’t go to class. I assumed they were all sick in their dorms or something. The next day, even more kids were sick. My english class had maybe five out of the normal twenty or so students in it. My professor assumed that on a friday, the majority of the kids had just skipped. A random student walked into room...
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ENTRY #2
They look like they’ve been to hell and back. With slopping skin and flesh falling from their bones… It’s almost unbearable to keep my eyes on them. I’ve settled into a store with my group. We’re using it as a safe house for now, but supplies are running low. The scraping on the wooden barricades has gotten so loud that I’m having trouble sleeping....
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ENTRY #1
It’s been weeks since the attack began.
If you’re reading this, you probably know what I’m talking about. But for the sake of those who don’t, I will explain. It was not an attack by another country, it wasn’t even an attack by man. At least not in any form I know. No one is really sure what it was yet. All we know, is that it is unlike anything we have ever...
