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“Zombies are stupid monsters,” Paul said to me as he kicked a pebble into a gutter.
“Yeah, but they’re just a manifestation of our fears around immigration, disease, otherness and all that stuff,” I say.
“True,” Paul says, picking through a trash can. He pulls out a three bags of slightly moldy bagels and grins like he caught a big mouth bass as he stuffs them into his backpack.
We note the spray painted writing on a large piece of plywood nailed to the main doors of a burned out apartment building:
Dead Here, Keep Going.
“Yeah, zombies are stupid monsters, who thought it was a good idea to create them. We could’ve had vampires.”
“Yep, that would’ve been cool,” I say.
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Interesting concept, to wish for vampires in stead of zombies. Enjoyed the snippet!
What a cocept. I’d prefer humans , good ones.
I don’t think I’d call it cool…
Obviously, from the fact that he thinks having vampires would be cool, these two are young and inexperienced.
Vampires might be cooler, but they’d be dang dangerous! Maybe not wishing for intelligent, strong, powerful non-humans who view humans as food would be good. I love the commentary on symbolism, in the face of a real zombie apocalypse.
Hmm, I’m not sure I’d fancy either zombies or vampires, although from a literary point of view I suppose vampires are more romantic! 🙂
I’d prefer not meeting either. Sounds like a couple of teens.