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Short Stories - The Zombies

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Sam yawned as she walked down the hallway toward the living room, grabbing the remote off the end table by the couch she turned the TV on before entering the kitchen. "Police state that it was merely a routine training operation. The people however are not so sure. One witness states that she saw a disturbing looking man stumble down an alleyway from her apartment window. Others are saying they saw people actually attempting to bite the police and the military personnel that were on scene." Sam walked back into the living room to listen to the TV better as well as see the images the newscasters were showing. Her brows rose to her hairline at the grotesque looking people on the screen lunging toward policeman that were holding shields to keep them at bay while other police swung their batons out at them. She was couldn't quite believe what she was seeing. Looking at the news caption she saw the town this was taking place in was only a 35 minute drive from home. She jumped when her husband, Clayton, ran into the room. "I just got off the phone with Graham, he said something odd. Bethany was attacked a couple of days ago." "Yeah I know she's still in the hospital as far as know." "He said she actually passed away late last night or early this morning, whichever you want to use. Get this though all she had was a bite mark on her arm." "A bite? Was it an animal I thought Graham said it was a man that attacked her? Was it rabies?" Questions flared forward not even half of them making it past her lips. "No it wasn't rabies, turns out they have no value what it was, but a few hours after her death she got up in the morgue and after cruelly started stumbling around. Graham was still there under observation himself since he was with her during the attack that's how he saw all of this. He said she was acting like the man that attacked her." Sam stared at him for a moment, "you realize you're describing something out of a zombie ho

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