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Short Story

The Only Ones

A short story by Alistair Fruish.

I have never seen a zombie eat human flesh. They like flesh alright, but they tend to buy it from the meat counter at Tesco, or the butcher’s shop. I was the only one who suspected that aliens had staged an invasion. It was in Tesco that I first noticed the clues that led to my deduction.

She appeared to be an old woman, with a bit of a limp, grey curly hair, about five-foot tall, with a weary smile and wearing a raincoat.

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