Zombie Union

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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.

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    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow! Insanely awesome turn of events. And the last paragraph was, wait for it… awesome! Bravo young man.

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    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    The second paragraph where you describe what seemed different about the guy in the suit was hilarious: 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. And I like how Marx is replicating himself. Now, where is Captain America when you need him?

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    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 4 months ago

    Uh oh…this doesn’t sound good. What an fantastically unique story.

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    Hunting Beauty's Buddy Icon Hunting Beauty

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Things don’t sound very good for this guy at all…he will soon be over taken by…. dun, dun, dun ... Karl Marx Zombies!

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    BernerOberland's Buddy Icon BernerOberland

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Quiting time and allthe ZKM ’s are loose..

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    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.

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    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 3 months ago

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    I agree – that was too easy. Something tells me Zombie Karl Marx is going to resurrect … again.

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