Hi everyone!
Welcome to another SciFiFanSat and more snippet fun from a group of great
contributing authors. Every week, a veritable plethora of literary goodness can
be found over at the main site – click here to check them all out - SCIFIFANSAT . This week I’m
sharing from a WIP short story – Last Zombie
Standing where we’ve been following the misadventures of a couple crazy
necronauts on a secret government mission that is slowly being revealed. If you
missed the earlier snippets, just click the links on my page to catch up. Enjoy!
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“But, we
don’t even know if it does what they say,” Kingston said. “It’s only been two
weeks since first contact.”
“We’ve got
no choice,” the general snapped. “Our fossil fuel supply is spent and the
promise of nuclear energy has literally blown up in our faces. And in case you
haven’t noticed, the world is overrun with damn zombies.”
Almost on
cue, Zulu 1 turned towards his necronaut comrade, who staggered aimlessly along
the moon’s surface still following the trail of vaporized blood emitted from
the robotic rabbit ahead of them.
“It…it could
be a trap,” Kingston stammered, his voice quivering at the prospect of
disrespecting the general.
“They promised
it was just a glitch in the guidance system, you posie picking pacifist. Get
off the air!”
“We tracked the trajectory all the way from
Canis Major and we couldn’t find any type of trajectory derivation. Maybe we should stop and re-think this?”
“Get me a security team over to
research and development,” the general barked, his voice cracking. “I want this
line secured and those traitors arrested.”
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And the plot
thickens. Who exactly are Kingston and the general talking about? And what is
this package they’ve sent everyone’s two favorite necronauts to retrieve? Tune
in next week for some more witty banter between Zulu1 and Zulu2. Leave a
comment or two on your way out – we’re running a two comment minimum but I know
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Look out for
my new novel – Maxx Fragg,V.P.I. – coming this September from Ink Smith
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– just to say you did. Enjoy the weekend!
I love the insult "posie-picking pacifist'!
ReplyDeleteI think it softens the blow when you're insulting someone to use generous alliteration. Thanks, Peter!
DeleteAnd, who are the traitors to be arrested?
ReplyDeletethe traitors who are accessing the communications unit from Research and Development - Kingston being one of them. That's one of the challenges with snippets - keeping cohesion with past snippets but trying to give enough to make it entertaining each week - Thanks for keeping me on my toes, Aurora.
DeleteYou had me laughing at the mention of fossil fuels, lol! Taken to burning zombies, have they? (ok, so that *was* the thought that crossed my mind...). Great snippet, lol.
ReplyDeleteI like your take on fossil fuels even better! I'm trying to have some fun with this horror/scifi mashup - glad you're enjoying it. Thanks!
DeleteAh hah. Something tells me that whatever they're looking for MAY be some type of energy source, given the energy-related references. (now that took a LONG time....!)
DeleteDing. Ding. Ding. Ha. But burning zombies as an energy source is brilliant.
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