Annihilation

A Zombie Short Story

A tourist is bitten by a rare monkey whilst on safari in Kenya. She is flown home, but later dies from the infection. Soon after, the hospital is on lockdown following an incident with a patient. Within hours, the city of Leeds is being attacked by hordes of people who appear drugged up and deranged. Days later, the north of England undergoes rioting and cannibalism for unknown reasons.

Meanwhile, David Sterling, the British prime minister, struggles to take a lead on the developing situation gripping his country. Zombies are supposed to be a thing of Hollywood, yet here they are in England, ravaging their way across the nation.

Annihilation shows the zombie apocalypse from the point of view of a typical incompetent prime minister. Pray he’s not in charge when the day of the inevitable apocalypse comes.

©2017 K. Bartholomew (P)2021 K. Bartholomew