Jaqui asked “What did he do next?” “Well”, said Mitch, “he whipped us all into shape and the rest is history.” This didn’t sit right with the kids. Julian asked “That’s it?” Erin asked “Wait, you were going to tell us more!” Billy asked “What happened after that?” Wendy asked “That can’t be all.” DavidContinue reading “TZA-The Beginning 8”
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TZA-The Beginning 7
“Just when I think about jumping, Bern whips his arm up, and there goes a zombie head.” A collective “Oooooooh” goes through the crowd. “Then his other arm whips up, and there goes another head.” A collective “Woooooow” goes through the crowd. “The rest of the zombies were goin’ straight for him, and he didn’tContinue reading “TZA-The Beginning 7”
TZA-The Beginning 6
“Yaaaaay!!!!” The cries came from all of the kids, and not just the young ones. This is what they’ve been waiting for the whole time, and now that it was here they couldn’t contain themselves. A gust of wind hit them, as if on cue, furling clothes and hair alike, carrying their cries across theContinue reading “TZA-The Beginning 6”
TZA-The Beginning 5
“North?” asked Benny. “Yeah, said Mitch. “North, north east. We stuck close to the shore, mostly because the boat wasn’t built for the deep sea. We pretty much drifted to save gas, past Brooklyn, then Queens and into Long Island. We had to be careful around the Sound, those waters can get pretty rough.” “TheContinue reading “TZA-The Beginning 5”
TZA-The Beginning 4
“I shouldn’t even be tellin’ you this part.” For that Mitch received cries of disappointment from all of the kids. “We want to hear” cried Julian. “Yeah, don’t stop now” cried Paul. “Yeah Mr. Mitch” said Benny. “You always say ‘finish what you started’. Come on now.” “Yeah.” “Yeah.” “Yeah.” Even nine year old LacyContinue reading “TZA-The Beginning 4”
TZA-The Beginning-3
“Mr. Mitch” said Greg. “What do you mean ‘the end’?” Mitch realized he had paused. There were few things in his life that he remembered with absolute clarity. This was one of them, and it caught him off guard. He scratched his head as a stray breeze blew his hair away from his forehead, exposingContinue reading “TZA-The Beginning-3”
TZA – The Beginning – 2
“It all began on a Saturday. I was First Mate on a party boat, the Maxine, a 25 foot cruiser docked out of Sheepshead Bay.” “Sheepshead Bay?” Asked Wendy. “Yeah, in South Brooklyn.” Getting nothing but blank stares he added “Brooklyn, New York.” Some of the older kids recognized that, but not many. Ugh, movingContinue reading “TZA – The Beginning – 2”
Tales from the Zombie Apocalypse
TZA the Beginning 1 The kids came bubbling up the short hill behind Mitch as he stood looking at the Wall of Remembrance. It was nothing more than a bunch of posts set in the ground on this grassy hill with planks of wood nailed across them. But it meant a lot to him, asContinue reading “Tales from the Zombie Apocalypse”
I hoped you liked…
Aaron. It was long, but how do you tell a story that spans years without it being long. A true labor of love, and it came to me in a dream. Just how it works sometimes. Once I had a dream for a halloween show, a complete show from beginning to end. I would likeContinue reading “I hoped you liked…”
Aaron Final
Alice had visions of standing on the porch, looking the part of a gracious home owner as Aaron came to celebrate his twenty-first birthday. All that went out the window when his car pulled into the driveway. With a heart filled with excitement she ran down the steps, down the walkway and grabbed Aaron asContinue reading “Aaron Final”
