Welcome back
to another edition of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday! I hope the weekend is
going well and you’re stopping by for a quick fix of Sci-Fi/Fantasy writing to
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from all of the great writers this week. You’ll be glad you did. This week I’m
sharing more from my short story – Last Zombie Standing. If you haven’t had a
chance to keep up or it’s your first time here, just click the links on my page
to catch up with the previous snippets. The mystery deepens as our two
necronauts close in on the general’s prize until an unexpected guest shows up.
Hope you enjoy!___________________________________________________________________
A blue light
shimmered in the distance, half buried in the dirt. Waves of energy emitted
from the core forming a veritable hemi-sphere of pulsating power.
“Enough
power to fuel an entire nation,” the general said.
“Giddee up,
doggies,” the general wailed as he sent another jolt of electricity coursing
through the dead astronauts.
Both
necronauts stumbled down the hill towards the glowing mass as Zulu 2’s mike
activated.
“Sir, I
think we may have a problem.”
“Don’t tell
me you can’t handle a bunch of geeky scientists, Bravo One.”
“Actually,
this is the geeky scientist, sir.”
“Kingston, where
the hell is my Bravo Team?”
“We remotely
trapped them in an air-lock and cut off their radio capabilities. More importantly, sir, we’ve detected another
landing, not far from Zulu 1 and 2’s current position. We think it’s the Russians.”
“What?” the general asked as he panned
Zulu 1’s shoulder camera to the left. “By God, look at the size of him. It’s a
Ruskie zombie!”
It looks
like getting their prize isn’t going to be as easy as they’d hope. I’m betting
on reserved and well-thought negotiations to get them through this dilemma.
Yeah, right. Get ready for some Zombie Smack-Down! Hope you enjoyed. Please
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Zombies fighting on the Moon - yay! And I'm also amused that the science team dealt with the soldiers - go geeks!
ReplyDeleteThey're a crafty bunch. Zombie Lunar Smackdown - every Tuesday night on Pay Per View!!
DeleteYes! Geeky scientist rules!
ReplyDeleteAnd the geek shall inherit the earth....
DeleteYou can't go wrong with a little Cold War-esque zombie fight. Fun snippet.
ReplyDeleteThanks, T.M. - when in doubt - throw in a Russian zombie.
DeleteGreat stuff. Had to laugh at "Giddee up, doggies", lol, and way to go scientists!! I guess at least this time the general listened to him...
ReplyDeleteThe general is a fun character to write. There's definitely no grey areas with him. Thanks.
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