Product DescriptionLife has been hard enough for Hank, finally after many years of working he escaped his past and started over in Denver. Securing a job as an auto mechanic was the first hurdle, soon he was accepted by the local crew and even moved into their well-kept lower class neighborhood, he even became the focus of a local conspiracy which felt that a single man of his standing should not be single at all. Things were looking up for him until the zombies came. Now he, and his best friend Juan find themselves leading a rag tag group of survivors, but where is there to go? Everywhere they look more zeds are creeping out of the woodwork and the worst part of it all is that they are not all the mindless, shambling undead seen so often in the movies. These undead are cunning, some can even speak...or use guns.

Product DescriptionCollapse. It represents the end of one society and the beginning of another. What happens when the zombies come? In this collection of short stories some of those tales are told. The First Zombie explores the origins of the outbreak, created by a doctor chasing an age old dream. Inhumanity deals with one man’s struggle to escape the unseen horde chasing him. Cruising is the tale of what happens on a cruise ship when the infection spreads there. Finally, there is Contender, a story set in the first fall after the outbreak. These stories are set in the ‘Zombie Chronicles’ universe, where the zombies don’t stay mindless, shambling adversaries. Instead they grow smarter, faster and stronger as they feed on the flesh of the living.

Dora suddenly has more to worry about than getting to the doctor's office. Smashing her car, she finds herself stranded on a day when all hell is breaking loose in Kansas City. Going on is not an option, walking two miles, in this heat? This is not something she does, not ever. Where are those overpaid cops when you need a hand? They always seemed to be there when Dora was driving forty-five in a twenty mile an hour school zone, but now when the flesh eating undead are after her, they are nowhere to be found.Walking back to the last intersection she finds a fast food place still open for business as usual, going in she meets her new best friends; Paige and Mike. When the bullets start flying the three scuttle back to take cover in the manager's office, turning on an old television set they begin to realize how bad their situation actually is. They need to get out of the restaurant, but with the chaos starting all around them, where can they go?This book is set in the same universe as "The Zombie Chronicles: Outbreak", but is not a continuation of that story.