Description
Allen Weathers used to like his job as a pathologist. The dead were poor company making the morgue
a lonely place at times. The world
expected little of him and he preferred it that way. All that changed when the dead inexplicably
began to rise.
Now, two years from the initial rising, little is known of
why or how this is happening. The only
two sure facts are that to put the undead to rest the brain must be completely
destroyed and that the deceased rise exactly 6 hours, 6 minutes, and 6 seconds
after dying.
Knowing the time limit has allowed the world to regain some
semblance of control, but it has redefined Allen’s job description. He’s been thrust reluctantly into the
spotlight. He is a disposer of the
dead. Every day is a gruesome game of beat
the clock. Gone are the days when nobody
was counting on him, because if he fails at his job, if he can’t stay ahead of
the game, the dead will rise up and overrun the city.
Excerpt
“We should try to make a run for it
too,” Alice said. “My car is pretty close to gate, we could…,” she cut off
seeing Josh shaking his head.
“They followed me down the stairs to
the basement. I had to barricade the door to get away. I was trying to find you
guys so we could try to make a run for it through the ER.”
“The ER is overrun too,” Allen
replied numbly.
“So what do we do?” Josh asked.
They all looked at Allen. The weight
of their stares threatened to crumble him. He wished it were just him. He knew
what he’d do if he were the only one left, but being responsible for three
young people made it a hard decision. Still, he knew there weren’t many other
options. They could arm themselves and try to fight their way out of the
hospital, into the parking lot and take their chances in a city that is surly
overrun by now. They could barricade themselves in the Morgue and hope that
help comes, but that seemed unlikely.
Or they could try something reckless
to try to save the city; something that would take sacrifice. He looked them
each in the eye in turn.
“I may have a plan,”
he answered.
About Kirk Jolly
Kirk Jolly is a horror writer from Ogden, Utah. During the day, he spends his time crunching
numbers for a construction company. From
an early age, he loved reading any and everything he could get his hands on,
but the books he loved the most were the dark and scary ones form the likes of
King, Koontz, and Straub. These types of
books weren’t a big hit with his religious parents forcing him to sneak to the
library alone and hiding the books in his room only reading at night while
everyone else slept.
It wasn’t until the
seventh grade when the honor students of his school had a chance to hear Ray
Bradbury speak that he decided he wanted to be a writer. He has been struggling towards that goal
ever since. After a few short story
publications and becoming an associate member of the Horror Writers
Association, he gained enough confidence to self-publish his debut novella 6
Hours, 6 Minutes, 6 Seconds in May 2013.
His first full length novel, The Twins and the Raven, the first
book in a planned trilogy, is nearing completion and will be out by September
2013.
To receive updates on Kirk’s current and upcoming projects,
you can like him on Facebook here.
My Review
I don't want to say too much about this story because it is a novelette and I don't want to give away too much. The title intrigued me, the premise even more. This is a very exciting novelette or long short story, and in short story fashion it leaves you with an ending that will have you thinking long after: Well? Was he or wasn't he? I hope Mr. Jolly will develop this idea into a novel or zombie series. It really is unique in the overpopulated world of Zombies.
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