* In case you can't find the other links, I've removed the stories from online so I can publish them elsewhere.
Catching up for
Story A Day for May so there're three stories and an amazing video.
Today's prompt is to finish Sam's Story. Sam just got a dream promotion, or so he/she thinks....
# 14
Sam's Story
by
Christine Verstraete
The dream job Sam had wanted was finally within reach.
Any other time she would've jumped at the chance...
She took the letter from the envelope and read it once more.
All her hard work had finally paid off. All those hours and late night meetings.
Lead, it said. No more late nights. The opportunity to do more of the kind of projects she liked.
With a sigh, Sam crumpled the envelope and threw it on the floor.
It was too late now. Joke's on her.
Hands on the trigger, she held tight to the gun and peered through the upper window at the throng of zombies surrounding what was left of the mail delivery person, hoping they'd go away soon, hoping they'd go to some other house.
(c) 2013 C. Verstraete
* 128 words
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(A change of pace - loved this when I saw it!)
#13
Above
From my perch above, all is beauty.
Dots of light become stars on earth. Seas are spots of azure. The land is green and bright.
No decay, no death, no war.
Perfection.
(c) 2013 C. Verstraete
* 32 words
- inspired by the beautiful photos and song of Canadian Astronaut and Commander Chris Hadfield.
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#12
... A mother's love
never dies...
Mother's Day
No one expected the virus to do this.
No one.
Those who died came back and wandered the earth. Hungry,
devouring, unexpected.
But the babies... so innocent, so precious.
When they began undying, panic set in. No one knew what to
do.
I took them in.
I looked at my hungry charges, their faces gray, their eyes
a milky white.
I filled the baby bottle with liquid protein made from raw
meat. Disgusting, but necessary. The zombie baby grabbed it eagerly and began
to suck.
It worked... for now. I wasn't sure how I'd handle it if
they stayed alive and undead, if they continued to grow and thrive.
For now, I cared for them like any mother would, smiling
when the baby's tiny hand caressed my cheek.
(c) 2013 C. Verstraete
* 128 words
This was in February 2001. Since then I've written 40 picture books and seven novels for kids and teens, four of which I've indie published. I was an ABNA quarterfinalist with Why My Love Life Sucks, and I won third place in SmartWriter's Write It Now contest in the the YA category (which was judged by Alex Flinn, the author of Beastly) for my romantic, YA ghost story, Ride of Your Life.
This is one of those wood cabinets from Michaels. I want to fill it with a bunch of different type boxes. I decorated it with scrapbook paper on the back and top, then glued Victorian lady figures on the front and inner doors that I found at The Graphics Fairy.
