Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.

Posted in Science Fiction on Apr 19, 2021

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“Just Another Day.” by Starla Taylor

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Zombies are clumsy. I'm gawking at them through the crack of the boarded-up window, in my living room. This is my entertainment for the day. I sip on bottled water and watch as three zombies lurch down the street and trip over old furniture and garbage. I don't know what happened to them but, they're covered in blood and guts, dragging their entrails behind them. Finally, they make it to the end of the block. I flop onto my favorite part of the couch and continue with my crossword puzzle. When tales of zombie attacks started whispering acros...

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“The Manor” by Alexa Paredes

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My family consists of restraint, obedience and perfect. I live on a manor on a tall hill. Not many like to wonder up here. I've lived 16 years of isolation. No friends. My dad never let me outside the walls, but never hid the wonders and horrors of the world. My only friend, my mother died five years ago. Like my mother I was dark haired but my eyes but brown. I was the only one who had brown eyes in my family. My mother's were black and my fathers blue. I was allowed to watch the news, and have social media, but he had control over what I w...

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“Pa Collapsed” by Scott Wiser

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The east side zombies were always friendly and polite. They felt it only appropriate to ask before eating any brains. Who would just go up to someone and take a scoop. It seems really very rude. “People don’t walk behind the counter to steal ice cream from those buckets, right. So why should anyone, go and scoop peoples brains”. Miley’s father used to say that all the time. Or some variation of it anyway. People rarely repeat themselves exactly. There is always an extra word, an Um, or some other ...

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“When the Lights Go Out” by Wendy Parks

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The world had gone into freefall and the darkness was descending. There was a global melt down and there was a frantic rush to be evacuated from the country she was currently holed up in, to try to get back home to some level of security before a calamitous civil unrest ensued and the zombies arrived. In the dead of the night, she boarded a bus and was shuttled to the already closed and deserted airport. The coach sped through deserted villages and towns, ignoring speed limits and road markings in desperate attempts to get ...

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“The Northern Exodus” by Rajesh Patel

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Summer had just begun officially. I mean, astronomically. Today, June 22nd, at precisely at 4:14am CDT of the year 2022 AD. We live in our little house, a bungalow, in this city called Victoria, in Texas. I love the heat and I love summer here. Temperatures fairly close or above 90 degrees on average during this season. My wife, Rebecca, she prefers the cooler weather though. She is after all born and raised in St-Paul, Minnesota. I am from Dallas, Texas. I’ve always lived in the warmer weather all my life. I work mostly from home, as a fi...

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“The Crow and The Buttterfly” by Meagan Smith

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Things never seemed to go his way, ever since he could remember. But now. Hah, now is just the icing on the cake. He was an agent, working on Pentagon-level issues that the government doesn't want to deal with. However, even his designated section was caught off guard with the pandemic. Zombies. Honestly, he laughed at the thought, but when he watched the footage, he couldn't believe it. Especially since the infected were stronger, faster and more powerful than they were when the people where alive. The only good thing is that they seem...

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“The Cure That Killed Us All” by J. Marc

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The dinner was served. Three potatoes and a carrot.“Thank you, Lord God, for another blessed day. Please continue to give us your grace and protect us especially Papa. All these we ask in Jesus' name. Amen,” Ben prayed almost sobbing. They all knew that this could be their last supper together. Tomorrow, Leo has to go out to find more stock that he could get for (who knows) a couple of days or months more.After they ate, Leo kissed his sons' goodnight as they went on their bed.Five months, nineteen days. Leo sighed a...

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“The Premonition” by Mike Perry

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Word Count: 2824 THE PREMONITION By C. Michael Perry PRESENT DAY The last few days had been scorching. The air was so heavy with humidity, you could barely breathe. “...

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“The New World (I never said it had to be good one)” by Emma Atterstig

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It's been many years now, and yet there hasn’t been a single small crack in the way the zombies own and rule the world. No one saw it coming until it was too late, of course they didn't, no one ever does for these kinds of things. Either that or no one gave a shit, wouldn't have been the first time humanity stared it's own destruction in the face and did nothing to stop it.It all started back in 2020, exactly 86 years ago. Rumor says it was a virus or some shit like that that started it, no one really cares about the details anymore, most of...

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“In the Snow Dusted Forest” by Mx Crane

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The Alister twins sit in the forest. They are waiting -- there is so much waiting, these days. Azzie is glaring at the map she holds, location scrawled on it in ballpoint pen. She seems to hold the belief that if she gives the map one of her patented looks, it will suddenly begin to make sense. Jesse is leaning against the same boulder as his sister, shoulder pressed against hers. They look almost the same, as if any onlooker (gods help them, the unlucky onlooker who stumbled into that forest) is seeing double, but Jesse is faded like an o...

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“Farmyard Zombie Adventures” by Megan Snyder

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COVID-19 was just the beginning. By the end of 2030, 15 new viruses had ravaged the world and killed off almost half the world’s population. Since the early ‘20s, no one has been able to leave their state or country; all air and boat traffic was suspended. Traveling to another area became illegal. There were still those who did it, of course. The viruses still managed to spread. Americans had it the worst. Of their population of over 300 million in the early ‘20s, less than 50 million were left by 2030. Some residents tried to illegally im...

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“Over the Edge” by Chris Gore

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Trigger warning: suicide Joshua was looking down from the roof edge. He watched the street so far below. It should have looked like any other street in the city. Broken and full of potholes. Instead, it looked like some sort of strange ameba, growing and blobbing itself along. If he stood and stared long enough, he could begin to make out the faces of some of the people shambling restlessly down there. Teachers, lawyers, and bartenders. Bike-messengers and nurses. Parents. Gang...

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“The remnant times” by Ephyunayne Arthur

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" Why are we going to the backwater planet anyway, it would be easier to just use the Tiash Lukius on them," Xhuli said, covering her obsidian coloured eyes with protective lenses. We had been warned that the sun in this particular solar system wouldn't be friendly to our eyes, not that we were supposed to stay there for long. The orders were to destroy all signs of remnant life and request for the Tiash Lukius if they even dared to put up a fight. "I've seen what the Tiash Lukius could do, and being blown to pieces was not a fate I would ...

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“Zombies are the Craziest Thing” by Thea Brown

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As bad as the day had been going, it really took a turn for the worse when the zombies started running. In reality, zombies had been around for decades. Mindlessly roaming the earth, waiting for someone to kill them again. Some of them actually kick it the second time around; some just regenerate. They do hunt us. It's just that nobody's worried anymore; a zombie, or cannie, as we call them sometimes, can't get into a house, they can't open car doors, and they are very slow. At least, all the cannies I've ever heard of are slow. At this ...

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“Flesh and Blood” by Jamie Tucker

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Stumbling over pot holes, she ran as if being chased by a pack of maggot-filled zombies spitting, hissing and groaning through decayed teeth, yellowed and full of pulpy bits of bloody flesh. Heavily, she breathed, panting like a wolf searching for her pack, as she took a quick glimpse over her shoulder. Red, black, white and green rotting eyeballs gazed back at Ellie (their dinner). Tattered clothes, ripped and worn, dragged along the floor, creating a scratching sound as they picked up cracked stones from the road. From out of nowhere,...

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Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 178 stories

“Just Another Day.” by Starla Taylor

“The Manor” by Alexa Paredes

“Pa Collapsed” by Scott Wiser

“When the Lights Go Out” by Wendy Parks

“The Northern Exodus” by Rajesh Patel

“The Crow and The Buttterfly” by Meagan Smith

“The Cure That Killed Us All” by J. Marc

“The Premonition” by Mike Perry

“The New World (I never said it had to be good one)” by Emma Atterstig

“In the Snow Dusted Forest” by Mx Crane

“Farmyard Zombie Adventures” by Megan Snyder

“Over the Edge” by Chris Gore

“The remnant times” by Ephyunayne Arthur

“Zombies are the Craziest Thing” by Thea Brown

“Flesh and Blood” by Jamie Tucker

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a funny post-apocalyptic story.

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