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Zombie Revolution

Gasp! as the undead walk among us!

Scream! as reanimated corpses hunger for flesh!

Run! when they come after your brain!

“Hold on, you’re blowing things way out of proportion here.” The man in the pinstripe suit smiled his most reassuring smile, which isn’t saying much.

“Are you freaking kidding? The zombies are right there!” I shouted, pointed through the glass.

“Correction: The zombie. There’s only one,” he sneered.

“Okay, fine, there’s only one, but he’s right there!” The zombie was scraping at the office window, hairy and overweight, but still plenty vicious. He looked strangely familiar, with a bushy beard that snaked in every direction from his decaying Russian skull.

“Don’t panic,” said the man. “It’s only a matter of time. Zombie Karl Marx will find you. Why run from destiny?”

So that’s who it was. Gross. “Are you nuts? He wants our brains!”

“He wants everyone’s brains. Equally. It’s perfectly fair. Maybe you should be more generous and just give him yours?”

Screw it. I ran.

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BernerOberland
Posted 2 months ago

Good thought running… humorous Zombies are cool
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Ridcully Calvert
Posted 2 months ago

The zombie Karl Marx – what a picture!

I thought that this was a very good zombie story, a bit whimsical and very imaginative

LoA
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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Really out there and funny. So, pin-stripe suit guy is a zombie zealot? Just a firm believer in the communist/socialist way of thinking? His part gave it all a very surreal sort of feel, which was fun and different.
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Eckhouse
Posted 2 months ago

Mr. Suit sounds like a personified propaganda poster. I agree with THX , the surreal is really fun.
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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

Yes, the personified propaganda poster gave this that extra 10% that took it from good to awesome.
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John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

Reminds me of “Re: Your Brains” by Jonathan Coulton.
Video for those who have not yet experienced it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM
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uselessness
Posted 2 months ago

Thanks for the link! I hadn’t seen it before. Isn’t that the guy why wrote “Still Alive”?
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John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

@uselessness, indeed. He’s written quite a few good tunes. The two we mentioned are my favs, but he also did “Code Monkey” which is very popular amongst the web geeks.
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Hunting Beauty
Posted 2 months ago

Another funny ficlet. Nice work on the Zombie Karl Marx.
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Stovohobo
Posted 2 months ago

Those first three lines are really unique – felt like a pulp fiction narrative or something. It also reminded me of one of Sufjan Stevens’s songs called “They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!”. Yes, that’s the name of the song. He also has one called “The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You’re Going To Have To Leave Now, Or…” Yeah..
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Ana Cristina
Posted 2 months ago

Stovohobo is right, it does remind you of that Sufjan Stevens song. Incidentally, you should check him out because he’s awesome.
I love how Zombie Karl Marx wants all of humanity’s brains. Cus he’s all about equality, ya know? ;p
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fearless_honey
Posted about 1 month ago

You, sir, are a genius when it comes to writing about zombies. :D This was so weird and funny.