Severed Volume 2
Myths and Legends
by
Darren Sant & Sam Lang
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Published by Trestle Press
Copyright 2011 Darren Sant & Sam Lang
Kindle Edition, License Notes
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please return to Amazon and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
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Travelling Companions
In the long line of people happy to have put New York City in their rear view mirror, Judy stood at the front. Of course, the Big Apple had changed over the past few years. It had gone rotten to the core and then came the zombie problem.
Judy Brantwood , born in Ohio, moved to New York to put her BA in Marketing to good use. She had an attractive figure, but a sharper mind. Straight out of college, she landed her dream job with one of the biggest firms in the country. Almost like the plot of a cheesy romantic comedy, she suddenly found herself as the lead for her company’s biggest client, Health-Pharm.
Coming from a small town in Ohio, building a campaign around a “farm” was second nature. Judy almost single-handedly put EZ-Thin pills on the tip of everyone’s tongues, figuratively speaking. She had read the research and she had many meetings with the somewhat off-putting CEO, Randall Bueller . She escaped those meetings, unscathed from his lewd sexual advances. EZ-Thin pills were proven safe. Bueller had given his word.
His word turned out to be worthless.
It wasn’t until after the first attacks that Judy learned the human trial results had been faked. She accidentally discovered a memo about a vault in the basement of Health- Pharm where Bueller ordered the first victims to be locked away. The senior executives copied her on almost everything, but she was not supposed to know about the peculiar side effects of EZ-Thin.
After that, Judy Brantwood’s dream ended. Her expensive world crashed down around her. It felt like it happened overnight and New York was gone. She tried to survive in her Madison Avenue apartment. The continuous sound of people being eaten alive drove her out of the city. She knew not everyone died with the initial onslaught. Pockets of survivors banded together. She watched them in the streets, trying to fight the zombies.
Her keen intellect told her to get out of town, so Judy split. She had to get somewhere safe. With the first winter coming on NYC like a heavy weight boxer taking on a welter weight contender, she did not expect the city would last more than a few rounds.
With the passing of a few years, Judy had become self-sustaining. She kept moving and opted to stay on her own. One day, she discovered that she was in Orlando. She hadn’t been to Florida since she was a kid, the required family vacation. Now, she had no family to share it with, only herself to keep alive.
Judy sat on the balcony of a recently vacated apartment, staring out over Lake Cherokee. She did not know it was called Cherokee. She did not pay attention to things like that any longer. All she cared about these days was keeping those rotting hands from around her throat.
In her new digs, Judy found a half-hidden diary. Some boy’s journal. She thought of him as a boy, because the journal stated he was nineteen. However, as she studied Zac’s handwriting and processed his words, she knew he was as much of a man as any she had ever known, even if he was ten years younger than her. Judy deduced that Zac and two of his children had spent a few days in this apartment, judging by the used diapers in the kitchen trash can. She did not expect them to be coming back any time soon.
To her surprise, someone, or something, started pounding on the roughly barricaded apartment
Myths and Legends
by
Darren Sant & Sam Lang
********
Published by Trestle Press
Copyright 2011 Darren Sant & Sam Lang
Kindle Edition, License Notes
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please return to Amazon and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
*********
Travelling Companions
In the long line of people happy to have put New York City in their rear view mirror, Judy stood at the front. Of course, the Big Apple had changed over the past few years. It had gone rotten to the core and then came the zombie problem.
Judy Brantwood , born in Ohio, moved to New York to put her BA in Marketing to good use. She had an attractive figure, but a sharper mind. Straight out of college, she landed her dream job with one of the biggest firms in the country. Almost like the plot of a cheesy romantic comedy, she suddenly found herself as the lead for her company’s biggest client, Health-Pharm.
Coming from a small town in Ohio, building a campaign around a “farm” was second nature. Judy almost single-handedly put EZ-Thin pills on the tip of everyone’s tongues, figuratively speaking. She had read the research and she had many meetings with the somewhat off-putting CEO, Randall Bueller . She escaped those meetings, unscathed from his lewd sexual advances. EZ-Thin pills were proven safe. Bueller had given his word.
His word turned out to be worthless.
It wasn’t until after the first attacks that Judy learned the human trial results had been faked. She accidentally discovered a memo about a vault in the basement of Health- Pharm where Bueller ordered the first victims to be locked away. The senior executives copied her on almost everything, but she was not supposed to know about the peculiar side effects of EZ-Thin.
After that, Judy Brantwood’s dream ended. Her expensive world crashed down around her. It felt like it happened overnight and New York was gone. She tried to survive in her Madison Avenue apartment. The continuous sound of people being eaten alive drove her out of the city. She knew not everyone died with the initial onslaught. Pockets of survivors banded together. She watched them in the streets, trying to fight the zombies.
Her keen intellect told her to get out of town, so Judy split. She had to get somewhere safe. With the first winter coming on NYC like a heavy weight boxer taking on a welter weight contender, she did not expect the city would last more than a few rounds.
With the passing of a few years, Judy had become self-sustaining. She kept moving and opted to stay on her own. One day, she discovered that she was in Orlando. She hadn’t been to Florida since she was a kid, the required family vacation. Now, she had no family to share it with, only herself to keep alive.
Judy sat on the balcony of a recently vacated apartment, staring out over Lake Cherokee. She did not know it was called Cherokee. She did not pay attention to things like that any longer. All she cared about these days was keeping those rotting hands from around her throat.
In her new digs, Judy found a half-hidden diary. Some boy’s journal. She thought of him as a boy, because the journal stated he was nineteen. However, as she studied Zac’s handwriting and processed his words, she knew he was as much of a man as any she had ever known, even if he was ten years younger than her. Judy deduced that Zac and two of his children had spent a few days in this apartment, judging by the used diapers in the kitchen trash can. She did not expect them to be coming back any time soon.
To her surprise, someone, or something, started pounding on the roughly barricaded apartment
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