FLASH FICTION:-- HORROR, SCI-FI, HUMOUR, CRIME, SLICE OF LIFE, ETC.

Thursday 23 December 2010

Merry Zmas

Zachary Johnson was working as an in-store Santa when the infestation overran the town.

The early hours of Christmas morning found Zach walking slowly along a dark suburban avenue, the area was littered with body parts, wrecked cars, and the resultant debris from several days of slaughter, pandemonium, and panic.

He turned his head towards the sound of a door opening, and the sudden brightness of a porch light.

“Mommy and Daddy said you wouldn't come this year, but I knew you would.”

The voice came from a small girl framed in the light of the doorway.

“Come on in, Mommy and Daddy will be so surprised to see you.”

She scampered off into the house, leaving the door swinging wide. “Mommy, Daddy, wake up, Santa's here, he looks beautiful, he's all dressed in red and white, even his beard is red.”

Zach emmitted a loud moan, which was heard by every other walking corpse for over two hundred yards, then shambled towards the house in pursuit of his Christmas dinner.


©2010 Stephen. J. Green.

28 comments:

  1. Yikes! Zombie Claus is comin' to town!

    Very festering...er...Festive, Steve!

    Merry Christmas!

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  2. Haha, yeah, and he ain't gonna settle for no turkey neither!

    Merry Christmas Harry.

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  3. Oh blimey, that poor little kid. Nice dark Christmas tale!

    Happy Christmas Steve!

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  4. Her parents should have told her WHY Santa wasn't coming this year, then nailed the door shut.

    Happy Christmas Virginia.

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  5. Oh poor Zachary! I do hope he has time to eat first.
    Great, (if gross), imagery here Steve.

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  6. Oh, I think the little girl, and her mommy and daddy will provide something for Zachary to eat. Mwuhahahaha.

    Happy Christmas Deanna.

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  7. Awww, Zombie Claus. Very cute, Stephen.

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  8. Thanks John, them zombies get everywhere don't they? :-D

    Happy Christmas John.

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  9. Awwww zombie need to too- right Poor little girl!

    Merry Xmas!

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  10. Hi Catherine, the little girl may be safe, she can fit into smaller hiding places than her parents. (And Zachary)

    Happy Christmas Catherine.

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  11. That was great, Steve. A Christmas zombie story. Well done!!

    Merry Christmas!!

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  12. Thanks David, I like zombies, be it film, book, or story, and they make micro-fiction easy too.

    Happy Christmas.

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  13. oh my god newt this isn't Santa!!!

    could be worse, they cold have been raving to Jesus

    lots of colourful lights to attract zombies

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  14. Hi Jason, yeah, like Newt from Aliens, right? the little girl is probably hiding in the loft by now.

    Happy Christmas Jason.

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  15. That's the first zombie story I have read with a festive twist! Well done, Steve.

    I hope you have a great Christmas.

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  16. Thanks Rebecca, happy Christmas to you and your family.

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  17. The red beard was a great touch. Happy Christmas, Steve!

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  18. Thanks, I think Zachary is a messy eater. :-D

    Happy Christmas Johanna.

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  19. That's certainly not the ideal way to wake up on Christmas morning. It makes for a good story, though!

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  20. Thanks, I hope you woke this morning to a far more pleasant day than the little girl's parents did.

    Happy Christmas Eric. :-D

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  21. Hmm, I think Mommy & Daddy are going to be a little surprised. Loved the detail of his red beard. Great zombie Christmas tale, Steve.

    Happy Holidays!

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  22. I think you are right, and the party will really start swinging when the rest of the zombies get there.

    Happy holidays Vandamir. :-D

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  23. Christmas dinner with a Zombie. I wonder, do they eat their food with gravy? Do they clean their plate by sweeping it with a pinched-off piece of bread? Oh the questions abound. Good story, Steve. Quick and straight to the horrifying point.

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  24. Thanks Stephen, yeah, they like their meat rare, and wriggling, with plenty of thick red gravy pumping out of it. :-D

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  25. The more militant amongst us may use the Christmas meal as an analogy for cannibalism and whole sale flesh eating ... so a zombie story at this time of year is most apt indeed.

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  26. Hi Jason, thanks. I didn't think about the story in that sense, but you have a very good point.

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  27. Christmas and zombies seem to be quite a popular theme this year...hardly surprising, since they go together like turkey and cranberry sauce! Well done.

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  28. Hahaha, thanks Icy, I love the comparison.

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