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Authors: Christopher Golden

The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology (62 page)

 
8:50 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Dad says it’s a trick. Dad says he’s fine. He says later Eric will come out as a zombie. That it’s part of the show.
 
8:51 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Yep, looks like Dad’s right. They’ve promised Eric will reemerge shortly.
 
8:53 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Mom is wigging. She wants Dad to check on Eric.
 
8:54 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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She’s being kind of crazy. She’s talking about how the guy who sat in front of us never came back after he got hit by the shoe.
 
8:55 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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I don’t really see what that has to do with Eric. And besides, if I got hit by a flying shoe . . .
 
8:55 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Okay, Dad is going to check on Eric. Sanity restored.
 
8:56 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Here comes the ringmistress again. This is why Eric agreed to go backstage. With the fishnets and black panties she’s very goth-hot.
 
8:56 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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She’s being weird. She isn’t saying anything about the next act. She says if she goes off script they don’t let her out of the ring.
 
8:57 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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But she doesn’t care. She says she twisted her ankle and she knows tonight is her last night.
 
8:58 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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She says her name is Gail Ross and she went to high school in Plano.
 
8:59 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
 
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She says she was going to marry her boyfriend after college. She says his name was Craig and he wanted to teach.
9:00 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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She says she’s sorry for all of us. She says they take our cars and dispose of them while we’re in the tent.
 
9:01 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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She says 12,000 people vanish every year on the roads with no explanation, their cars turn up empty or not at all and no one will miss us.
 
9:02 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Creepy stuff. Here’s Eric. His zombie makeup is really good. Most of the zombies are black and rotted but he looks like fresh kill.
 
9:03 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Still got the hatchet in the neck. That looks totally fake.
 
9:03 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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He’s not very good at being a zombie. He isn’t even trying to walk slow. He’s really going after her.
 
9:04 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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oh shit I hope that’s part of the show. He just knocked her down. Oh Eric Eric Eric. She hit the dirt really, really hard.
 
9:05 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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They’re eating her like they ate the lion. Eric is playing with guts. He’s so gross. He’s going totally method.
 
9:07 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Gymnastics now. They’re making a human pyramid. Or maybe I should say an INhuman pyramid. They’re surprisingly good at it. For zombies.
 
9:10 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Eric is climbing the pyramid like he knows what he’s doing. I wonder if they gave him backstage training or
 
9:11 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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He’s up high enough to grab the wall around the ring. He’s snarling at someone in the front row, just a couple feet from here. Wait
 
9:13 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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no lights fuck thta was stupid whyd they put out the
 
9:14 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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someones screaming
 
9:15 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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this is really dangerous its so dark and lots of people are screaming and getting up. im mad now you don’t do this to people you don’t
 
9:18 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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we need help we areacv
 
9:32 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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9:32 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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I cant say anything theyll hear. were beinb ver y qiuet wevegot a plas
 
10:17 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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were off i70 mom says it was exit 331 but we drove a long way the last town we saw was called ucmba
 
10:19 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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cumba
 
10:19 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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the people in the stands were all dead except for us and a few others and they were roped together tethered
 
10:20 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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please someone send help call UT state police not making this up
 
10:22 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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@caseinSD lease help you know me you know I wouldnt isnta joke
 
10:23 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
 
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have to be quiet so I can’t call got the ringer is turned off
10:24 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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AZ state police mom says its arizona not UT our van is a white econlein
 
10:27 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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its quiet less screaming now less growling
 
10:50 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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theyre dragging people into piles
 
10:56 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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eating theyre eating them
 
11:09 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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the man who got hit by the shoe earlier walked by but he isn’t like he was he hes dead now
 
11:11 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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just mom and me i love my mom shes so brave i love her so much so much i never ment it none of the bad things not one i am with her i am
 
11:37 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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imso csared
 
11:39 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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theyresearching to see if anyone is left with flashlights the men in hazmat soups i say go out mom says no
 
11:41 PM March 2nd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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were here were waiting for help please forward this to everyone on twitter this is true not an internet prank believe believe believe pleves
 
12:03 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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ohgod it was dad went by mom sat up and said his name and mom and dad and mom and dad
 
12:09 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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notdad oh my oh bnb nnnb ;;/’/.,/;’././/
 
12:13 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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/’/.
 
12:13 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Were you SCARED by this TWITTER FEED???!?!?
 
9:17 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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The FEAR - and THE FUN - is only just BEGINNING!
 
9:20 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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‘THE CIRCUS OF THE DEAD’ featuring our newest RINGMISTRESS the SEXY & DARING BLAKE THE BLACKHEARTED.
 
9:22 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
 
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Watch as our newest QUEEN OF THE TRAPEZE introduces our PERVERSE & PERNICIOUS performers . . .
9:23 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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. . . while DANGLING FROM A ROPE ABOVE THE RAVENOUS DEAD!
 
9:23 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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A CIRCUS so SHOCKING it makes the JIM ROSE CIRCUS look like THE MUPPET SHOW!
 
9:25 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Now touring with stops in ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY!
 
9:26 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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Visit our Facebook page and join our E-MAIL LIST to find out when we’ll be in YOUR AREA.
 
9:28 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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STAY CONNECTED OR YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’LL MISS!
 
9:30 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
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‘THE CIRCUS OF THE DEAD’ . . . Where YOU are the concessions! Other circuses promise DEATH-DEFYING THRILLS!
 
9:31 AM March 3rd from Tweetie
 
 
 
 
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BUT ONLY WE DELIVER! (Tix to be purchased at box office day of show. No refunds. Cash only. Minors must be accompanied by adult.)
9:31 AM March 3rd from Tweetie

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