Friday, May 22, 2015

Last Zombie Standing Snippet #1


Happy 4th Anniversary to Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday. This is a great site with some truly remarkable people that I've been lucky to participate in for the past few years. When I saw the post, I wanted to make sure I contributed this week. Here's a short story WIP I've been tinkering with tentatively titled Last Zombie Standing. Special thanks to Laurel Kriegler for starting and running the site and her continued support of its authors. It's definitely appreciated. Hope you enjoy the snippet and make sure you stop over at the main site - SciFiFanSat - to check out all of the fantastic authors contributing this week.
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          A man’s voice crackled from the tiny speaker bracketed to the ship.

          “Let’s crack this egg.”
          Dust flared as the landing ramp touched down into the gray sod surrounding the lunar module and the seal of an outside hatch hissed as foreign atmospheres met.  Two explorers stepped down the ramp to the surface, their over-sized suits plodding away from the landing site.
          “Okay cowboys, strip off those helmets.” 
           A second voice, sounding nervous and lacking the authoritative tone of his counterpart, cut into the transmission and said, “Cease..desist…I mean, disregard that order.”
          “This is an authorized only channel,” the first man barked.
          “It’s Kingston,sir, with Research and Development.” 
          “Kingston, get off the mike!”
          “But, general, we don’t know if they can withstand the pressure.”
          “I want those helmets off…now!”
          The two men obediently snapped open the hinges on the necks of their suits, slowly pulling their protective headgear away. The robotic scout following behind captured their movements with a top mounted relay camera. One of the men looked up at the surrounding stars, the decayed flesh pulling away from his cheek bone in the lowered gravity landscape. The other necro-naut watched as his ear floated listlessly in front of his face as he made a clumsy grab for it before it floated out of reach.
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          And there you have it - I hope you enjoyed it. I'll try to follow up with this short and post some more snippets from it. As always, comments are appreciated. I'll have a new novel out this September and will post from it closer to the release. Thanks for reading and have a great Memorial Day Weekend.

12 comments:

  1. An intriguing beginning - I like your term "necronaut". I've tended to avoid zombie stories, but this one looks much more interesting and entertaining. I'm looking forward to seeing more of it.

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    1. Yeah, I hate to jump on a genre wagon because it's popular but if I think it's a good idea - I'm in. Thanks, Peter - looking forward to your thought on the rest.

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  2. Great stuff...definitely intriguing enough to make me want to read more.

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    1. Thanks T.M. - I had to get a little creative to get it in snippet form and still get the parts I wanted in there - it's like packing for vacation.

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  3. Oh, wow! This sounds intriguing! Zombies in space? Fantastic snippet!

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    1. Boldly going where no zombie has gone before.....thanks, Gayle.

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  4. Gory details for a moon landing! Fun!

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  5. Necronaut? Cool term! And... eeeew! :-D

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    1. Thanks! I think it works. And thanks for four years of SFFSAT!

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  6. Necronaut! NECRONAUT! This wins the internet today! My mind is racing at the concept of zombies in space.

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  7. Does that come with a lifetime supply of kitten on a limb memes? My work is done here.

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