Melia's published ficlets
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The Anti-Zombie Coalition

“We need to find out who raised those zombies Dad.”
“I know sweetie.” Dad answered with a tired sigh.
“Any ideas?”
“Well,...
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Starry Starry Night
Something woke me up. I heard what sounded like voices coming from the living room. That couldn’t be, though. No one was home…
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Karen by Night
Liz stood in the back room of the shoe store, frozen in place. She was balanced precariously on the ladder, stretching to rea…
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Mmmmmm...
I looked at it carefully, suspiciously even. I’ve never tried this before. I’m unsure what my reaction will be. Will I like i…
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All CherryPop's Fault

We all stood together for a few moments and surveyed the carnage. We were quiet. Solemn.
Bodies were strewn across hedges or…
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You Can't Keep a Good Vamp Down

“Simone! What the hell…?” I gasped, shocked that she was even here.
“I’m all right.” she replied. “Most of this blood isn’...
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On Being Wil Wheaton (Tad's Pen Name Challenge)

He sat back in his chair and brooded. The mounting deadlines from various projects were beginning to take their toll on his m…
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Conversations with Dead People (A Challenge)
I’ve only ever tried to put forth a challenge once before and had fun with it. So when I hit the 100th ficlet milestone, I th…
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Survival of the Deadest

When we arrived back at City Hall, Dad was fuming. Liam and I had filled him in on the evening’s events and he was decidedly …
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We're Going to Need a Bigger Axe

“You’re bleeding darlin’.” Dad said, worry in his eyes. He was looking at my left arm where a tenacious zombie had taken a bi…
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The Zombie Outbreak

My parents lived in a cozy little house just outside of town. There was a small wilderness of frenzied flowers and herbs lini…
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CherryPop Goes For Help

“We have to go back.”
Liam pulled back and looked at me. “What? No. There’s too many. I can’t protect you from them all.”
I…
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The Ones She Couldn't Save

We drove in silence for a while, both of us a little shell shocked. I curled up in my seat and hugged my knees as Liam kept h…
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CherryPop Makes a Run For It

Liam grabbed my arm and started pulling me toward the parking lot. My barrier disintegrated as I lost concentration and the z…
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CherryPop vs. the Stupid Zombies

More mindless zombies stepped out of the darkness and into the crowd. Their ceaseless, almost feral moaning gave a rumbling r…
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CherryPop Can't Save Them All

The last zombie rally didn’t start off bad. I showed up near city hall at dusk to set up. That would have been around 7pm, wh…
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True Zombies Don't Eat Brains

I’ve been to many Zombie Rights rallies in the past couple of years. My friends and I have been doing our best to show that a…
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Zombie Types [Stovo's Zombie Challenge]

Did you know that to kill a zombie for good, you have to chant and offer up the proper rituals? That’s not easy to do when on…
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The Difference Between Zombies

Did you know that to kill a zombie for good, you have to chant and offer up the proper rituals? That’s not easy to do when on…
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An Ordinary, Extraordinary Life, According to CherryPop

So what’s my life like these days? It’s normal. Well, as normal as it can be when you have supernatural parents, a bounty on …

