Het Madden, A Zombie Perspective...

by Calvin A. L. Miller II
(Northern Virginia)

The overall theme of this novel is "a tale from the zombie's point of view". His name is Hetfield Madden. Too often zombies are viewed as merely a mass of evil attacking and eating innocent (or not so innocent) humans. This story takes a look at the intelligence behind the blank stare, through twists and turns of fate meant to keep readers on the edge of their seats. The tone of the book is one of underlying anger and hatred of a system that has left millions of infected people to die. The "Infected" aren't mindless, and in fact view themselves as sick... diseased. The anger they have toward the "Healthies" is fueled by the cruel way they are treated, and the battle that ensues takes place as Heaven and Hell literally cease to exist.

"We got to the front door and looked outside to see if it was safe. We stood there staring in horror. It was Janet. She was on top of a man with her hands around his throat. She was biting and tearing at his tongue and lips and... Eating... Them... I had never heard a man scream like that before. We rushed outside and I swear she hissed at us. She didn't attack us; it was just like she didn't want to share... I stepped back but saw Bob kick Janet in the head, step on the man's throat and tear his cheek off and eat it. He kept his foot on the his throat so he couldn't escape, and had a look on his face like he didn't know what he was doing and couldn't stop. He was shaking violently. Then we all joined in. We were uncontrollable. It's like something took over and made us animals. We tore into him like jackals. He didn't stop screaming until we finished his organs. He was dead and we had killed and eaten him. We all sat there covered in blood and meat and Carl started to scream; and so did I. This disease had turned us into something... Changed us. Had it made us mad? We remembered then that they said it might be rabies. We just attacked a man and ate him like animals would, with no regard to who he was or his loved ones. I looked over and saw Janet staring at the sun. Babbling something that sounded like a song and then running off. We all went inside and no one said a word until I spoke up. "Why?" That was all I could say."

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