{"sf1_id":468127,"sf2_id":"rn9XkdLm","title":"Breakdown (100 Word Story)","author":"SPACE_LEMON","words":118,"posted_at":"2012-11-29T16:51:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Decay","Drama","Gore","Horror","Mutants","Mutation","Sci-Fi","Short Story","Tragedy","Violence","Walking dead","breakdown","dead","disease","infection","pandemic","virus","zombies"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/468127-breakdown-100-word-story","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn9XkdLm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/87/7c/877c0379-9ab6-4856-bb50-566392e33095","description":"#1 of Writing\n\nThis was actually an English assignment - we had to write a short story of exactly 100 words.\nThis the condensed concept of a scene I have planned for my next novel series, Breakdown, which is basically about an alien virus that mutates people and results in the zombie apocalypse.","content":"\u0026nbsp; Gunfire blazed.  \n \u0026nbsp; Shade stared blankly at the body before her. Matt. The man she loved. By now the bite mark on his neck had started closing.  \n \u0026nbsp; Michael saw it rising, and the girl he loved waiting beside it. \"Shade!\" but it was too late. The creature bit into her arm.  \n \u0026nbsp; Michael pulled her away, firing into Matt's shell. It fell.  \n \u0026nbsp; \"I'm infected,\" Shade gasped, collapsing onto Michael.  \n \u0026nbsp; \"It's gonna be okay,\" he said, producing a grenade. The corpse groaned.  \n \u0026nbsp; As Matt's flesh rose once more, Michael let go of the lever.  \n \u0026nbsp; Soon more came to feed on their charred remains...  \n  \n  \n  \n© Charl-A. Fourie 2012 \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n"}