Comments on 'Zombie Union'That was too easy. The zombie problem over, I turned on my heel to head back to the office and return to work. The man in the pinstripe suit was standing in the doorway. But something looked… different… about him.
Maybe it was the extra hundred pounds he had put on. Or maybe it was the huge bushy beard on his face with little bits of half-chewed brain tangled in the hairs. There was no doubt about it: he had become a Zombie Karl Marx too.
I found my cellphone and called my supervisor.
"Da," he answered.
"Uh, Mike? I think I'm going to take the rest of the afternoon off."
"Very well. See you tomorrow, comrade."
I hung up the phone, knowing full well that I wouldn't be coming back to this place. My car smelled like a sweaty crypt, but I cranked the window down and hit the gas anyway. The radio was playing nothing but Prokofiev.
As I drove, I saw the face of Zombie Karl Marx everywhere I went. He was spreading. I was glad he valued labor more than I did, but I knew all hell would break loose after 5:00.2008-06-18T16:59:27Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/33235Comment on Zombie Union<p>I agree – that <em>was</em> too easy. Something tells me Zombie Karl Marx is going to resurrect … again.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33235?basename=716742008-06-18T16:59:27Z♠Ana Cristina♥http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78Comment on Zombie Union<p>Great ending about valuing work—frigging hilarious man. I did not see that development coming, that it wasn’t a zombie ‘the’ Karl Marx but a variety of zombie that winds up resembling Karl Marx. Totally, awesomely out there.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33235?basename=686332008-06-06T23:05:20ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on Zombie Union<p>Quiting time and allthe ZKM ’s are loose..</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33235?basename=685182008-06-06T17:29:09ZBernerOberlandhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mercutio1027Comment on Zombie Union<p>Things don’t sound very good for this guy at all…he will soon be over taken by…. <em>dun, dun, dun</em> ... <strong>Karl Marx Zombies!</strong></p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33235?basename=684002008-06-06T02:25:09ZHunting Beautyhttp://ficlets.com/authors/missourigirlComment on Zombie Union<p>Uh oh…this doesn’t sound good. What an fantastically unique story.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33235?basename=683502008-06-05T23:37:31ZStovohobohttp://ficlets.com/authors/stovohoboComment on Zombie Union<p>The second paragraph where you describe what seemed different about the guy in the suit was hilarious: <em>Maybe it was the extra hundred pounds he had put on. Or maybe it was the huge bushy beard on his face with little bits of half-chewed brain tangled in the hairs.</em> And I like how Marx is replicating himself. Now, where is Captain America when you need him?</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33235?basename=683102008-06-05T21:40:07Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on Zombie Union<p>Wow! Insanely awesome turn of events. And the last paragraph was, wait for it… awesome! Bravo young man.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33235?basename=683072008-06-05T21:39:09ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21