Z. Among the most monstrous creations of our imaginations, the zombie terrifies, with its capacity to pursue its prey, to run it down, exhaust it to surrender, unrelentingly.
In this title in the acclaimed Future Chronicles series of speculative fiction anthologies, fourteen authors confront the nightmare, that horrific mirror of ourselves that pursues us with untiring hunger.
The Z Chronicles features stories by bestselling authors Hugh Howey (Wool), Jennifer Foehner Wells (Fluency), plus twelve more of today’s top authors in speculative and science fiction.
Here’s a blurb for my contribution:
Vindica is a doomsday shelter for those who can afford the very best. Like the slogan says, ‘Luxury at the End of the World.’ Gordon could barely afford a shared room inside and he hasn’t quite finished paying off his berth. When the worst happens, he makes it to Vindica just in time… but there’s more than one way to pay off the price of safety.
I was extremely honored to receive “first story” placement inside these pages and I think that means the story really worked. It’s actually Violet’s origin story (from the Between Life and Death series) but it stands completely on its own also.
