Follow Me On Twitter

Monday, October 24, 2011

The Undead Diary

Let's create a brand new zombie story for the Halloween season this year. I'll start it and the best comment will determine the way it continues. 



It was the one thing that Al Gore never mentioned in his climate change movie; I guess because he didn't know. Hell, none of us knew that it was lying in wait. 

In the year 2026, as the world's temperature rose and the ice caps melted, something buried long ago, deep beneath all that ice was exposed again. Some scientists believe it's actually what killed off the dinosaurs but that's a debate for another time. This contagion, which was locked in a frozen prison for millions of years, was now free to be picked up by the wind and carried to all corners of the globe. 

The disease was first presented as some form of exotic flu, with rather typical symptoms, cough, fever, etc, until it's final stage. By that time the patient, who all along had no hunger or thirst now exhibited an appetite for human flesh. The nurse, who was changing exhibit A's iv was the first victim of human to human transmission of the virus; as far as we knew. After that first bite, the disease spread rather rapidly. The only people who seemed immune from this contagion were...

How do you think this story should continue?

No comments:

Post a Comment