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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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“The Journal Entries of S. Raake” by Acadia Lajeunesse

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May 25, 4098 Diary, It’s been one year since the apocalypse. Of course, if you’re reading this in the future, it’s been even longer. Long enough that you may not even know the true story. If, at any point, you were a student, you may have heard a version. But it’s not the right version. If you keep reading, I’ll tell you what really happened on May 25, 4097 at precisely 8:53 A.M. But first, we must recount the day’s action before that time, the time of the humans’ attack. You read it right- the humans’ attack. Not the zombies. Wha...

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“Last Stand at Greater Crest” by Stephen Drivick

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Last Stand at Greater Crest In the end, I'm the last one left. You would have picked the Allen brothers and their many guns in apartment 1405 to be the last. Or maybe you would have picked the guy in the first apartment near the office to make it to the end. He disappeared one night never to be seen again. Nobody else made it. They either commited suicide, ran away, or died at the hands of the red-eyed menace. Now, it was just me roaming the streets of the Greater Crest Apartments. Lower Cost Living, but with Luxury Style. At least t...

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“Ricky and Angie Walk Down West 57th” by Dave Bolin

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Ricky and Angie walk down the West 57th Street. Together, but not really. Friends still living can’t remember a time before they were a couple. Ricky and Angie were high school sweethearts. Ricky, the star quarterback, and Angie, the head cheerleader. He was the guy all the girls had a crush on, she was the girl all the guys dreamed of. Ricky and Angie. Angie followed Ricky to college, where Ricky played football on scholarship. When Ricky blew his knee out, Angie nursed him back to health. Everyone was blown away by Ri...

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“The Era of Isolation” by A.J Wise

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The end of the world arrived without so much of a bang, a blast of otherworldly forces, an asteroid exploding on impact, a plague obliterating the whole of Humanity.Rather, it arrived with a whisper, it arrived unnoticed. The end crept slowly into the collective consciousness of mankind. It nestled, nice and warm, in the endless cacophony of society, the dying screams of civilization.It lives in our minds, a virus. Unstoppable and incurable.And here's the rub: Not a single Human Being noticed the world when it ended. No one but me.I'm Kit an...

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“Forest rot” by Mario Perez

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The warmth of the day lingered like a dead stench. The air is still, and the land reaches for the clouds that only gave acidic tears in a desperate cry for rain. In a different time this day would be July. but the old world names no longer mattered, there are no animals left to care. The air is like soup, heavy and burning as it falls in the lungs of the grubs that litter the ground. In a forest that forgot its name lays the last of a fundamental part of the hunt. a lone predator and its final excuse for prey. In this nameless wilderness the...

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“Desolation” by Jeremy Johnson

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How long has it been? One year? Two years? There is no way to know for sure at this point. Does it really matter anyway? No one measures time anymore; calendars and clocks serve no purpose in this “New World”. The only remaining tool for understanding what time it might be was the ever-returning hunger in a person’s belly. The woman opened her matted eyes ever so slightly. Blinding light from the sun forced her to shield her face with her arm. It felt like she had just fallen asleep a...

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“The End of the Year” by Rachel Rozelle

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Sometimes things go as planned, but not always as you planned. Like maybe you planned to change careers and make a little bit more money. Maybe you planned to go back to school or move to another city. Or maybe your plans were more run of the mill, for instance you just planned a trip to wallworld to pick up a few necessities. Whatever your plans you expect to go about them unimpeded. For most this is true, but for me a plan isn't properly planned unless you have a back up (or two). Just like any other day my plans were simple, well simple e...

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“The New Reclaimers Almanac” by Emily Mandelbaum Lowry

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Thank you for picking up the sixteenth annual New Reclaimers Almanac: your personal guide to land and soil repair. We will help you navigate through the changes to the environment that have occurred since The Great Extinction: atmospheric composition and temperature, soil pH, and pest control, among many others, of course. You too can tame and reclaim your land, rediscovering its growth and harvesting potential! This edition has collected and curated dozens of new tips and tricks with that healthy dose of reclaimer humor and wit that you’ve ...

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“Out of Time” by Jacob Brown

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I was sitting on the couch watching TV with my younger brother Jason, when someone started banging against the front door. I got up and quietly walked over and looked through the peep hole. A guy was standing there his eyes blood-shot and his skin a greyish-white colour, I looked back at my brother. "It’s a vampire, he wants to suck our blood" I teased trying to scare him; he simply shrugged before looking back at the TV. “Aww no fun" I chuckled. Still smiling I open the door, the security chain on so only allowing a small gap, and ...

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“"THE NECKLACE"” by Lets Fly High

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She is wondering bizarrely about her father. She remembers the day when he left for Korea with a sweet, warm kiss on her forehead ,which still has its essence in the place. Now, she wonders if he is alive or… "Ursula, come on!, I have a surprise for you!" Ursula is a girl who lives with her father and mother in the U.S.A , but she accounts that she astrayed her father. She is in the safe zone with her mother and all the other unknown people. She ponders over the call and ran out Is that dad,mom! Mom smiled with gloom...

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“LOVE THAT CONQUERS” by Sarah Chimombo

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Bronze Daniels, a handsome young man in the prime of life. The only surviving soldier out of five a hundred of soldiers who invaded an alien hill land forest occupied by zombies, a crowdof humans who once died and came back into existence.Unfortunately, it was assumed and declared that all the soldiers died after six months of research.On the contrary, Bronze Daniels survived and got stuck in the forest, for the only possible exit was to pass through the territory of the zombies.Bronze Daniels lived one year and two months in hide outs from ...

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“Screams and Claw Marks” by Makhaila Tillman

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No one saw it coming. There was no sound, a cloud of red rolling out of the forest and into the clean and quiet town of Eden. In a few moments all of the green trees, lush lawns, pristine houses, and barking dogs, would be consumed by the sound of wailing sirens, screams, and panic. The blue sky would be covered in a blood red smoke. The smart inhabitants of the town would take shelter, but others stayed outside of their homes to watch the red smoke roll in and over everything. At first it seemed to have no effect, so parents went to retriev...

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“A tale of two doors” by Scotty Warpten

Submitted to Contest #60

They call him boss, 'cus that's what he is. The boss. Five years ago the meteors fell and brought with the the alien microbes which would bring society to it's knees. Humanity is already dead and gone, us survivors are just it's final swan song. That's what I am, a survivor. I fancy myself a pretty good one to. They call me Roach on account of the fact that I'm apparently very hard to kill. Sure I'm a little worse for wear. I lost my left hand to a zombie bite and one ear to a bullet which is still stuck in my skull if doc is to be believ...

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“Excerpt from the Diary of Dr. Y. Smith” by E. Christian

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The first reports of a novel rabies virus came out of China in December. It was a handful of cases, all linked to a wet market in the north of the country, and the descriptions of the disease seemed farfetched and designed as clickbait: a mysterious wasting disease, a brain eating virus, uniform fatality. Skeptical, I chalked up the descriptions in the popular press to a combination of hysteria, xenophobia, and greed, and waited for the medical literature to set the record straight. The first case series was publishe...

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Write a post-apocalyptic story that features zombies.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 178 stories

“Farmyard Zombie Adventures” by Megan Snyder

“The Journal Entries of S. Raake” by Acadia Lajeunesse

“Last Stand at Greater Crest” by Stephen Drivick

“Ricky and Angie Walk Down West 57th” by Dave Bolin

“The Era of Isolation” by A.J Wise

“Forest rot” by Mario Perez

“Desolation” by Jeremy Johnson

“The End of the Year” by Rachel Rozelle

“The New Reclaimers Almanac” by Emily Mandelbaum Lowry

“Out of Time” by Jacob Brown

“"THE NECKLACE"” by Lets Fly High

“LOVE THAT CONQUERS” by Sarah Chimombo

“Screams and Claw Marks” by Makhaila Tillman

“A tale of two doors” by Scotty Warpten

“Excerpt from the Diary of Dr. Y. Smith” by E. Christian

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Write a funny post-apocalyptic story.

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