Zombie Files: Maya's Calendar - Conclusion

DARE TO KNOW

Memories were swimming through Maya’s subconscious as wild beasts newly released from captivity. Thoughts that were buried deeper than bodies began to rise to the surface of her mind. Dark and dead, these memories should have remained beyond the veil of synaptic fire. Nonetheless, few forces are able to inhibit the mind whenever it becomes unchained. Memories begin to reveal secrets when the mind dares to know itself.

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Zombie Files: Exiled at Sea - Part Four

 

Beneath the Mask

    Gerard stared out at the ocean in anticipation as Archer recovered the pistols and other gear from the raiders' bodies. They let Sage make his way to a nearby camp to rest, but they told him not to speak of the coming raiders yet. The goon who had fired the flare was still hobbling along the beach, so Gerard slowly made his way to him. Sand crunched underneath his feet as he reached the injured man. 

    “Please, don't kill me,” he pleaded. 

    “Keep quiet,” Gerard instructed as he stomped down on his wounded leg. The man cried out in pain.       

    “I need you to deliver a message to Moore for me. Tell him he can send as many men as he can muster, but it won't matter. The time for subjugation has passed. We will be the ones standing on this beach tomorrow, when the sun rises. Now, one last thing. Where are the Jet Skis you used to get here?”

    “Down that way, another half mile,” he pointed. “We pulled them into the treeline to keep them hidden from your people.”

Zombie Files: Maya's Calendar - Part Four

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Spring 2: The Dream Long Forgotten

Mom didn't like mosquitoes. No, she hated them! When my brother and I were young, my mother used to scream at us about malaria or AIDS or something. My brother had it the worst. For some reason, mosquitoes loved his blood...anyways, I need to stay focused. The mosquitoes here are huge and unrelenting. The Florida swamps breed monsters, and all of them are not Mannys. It makes me think about what would happen if a mosquito sucks the blood out of a Manny and then bites me. What would happen? I can't think about that right now. I must get to New York...
~Maya

Zombie Files: Bartle Four Part 2

Bartle Four Part 2: Born to Die

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The coordinates encoded on the brunette’s holotape pointed towards a town sixty miles south of Reverie. Spades was sketching out possible routes when Heartless returned with the other two men. Looking up from his work he noticed the look of concern on their faces. “I know how much you all hate going out there. Hell, I wish I didn’t have to ask for your help but my hands are tied.” Spades slide the holotape into the projector hoping that the brunette’s message could show the men the urgency of the situation. The brunette materialized in front of the men revealing the reason they were called to meet Spades. Clubs rubbed the bridge of his nose as if contemplating some abstract thought. He looked weary, his eyes sunken behind black bags. He spent most of his night tinkering in his private lab. Most of the things in Reverie still worked properly thanks to him. Before he called Reverie home Clubs spent most of his days helping with repairs on a ship called Hyperion making him a very skilled mechanic. Spades flip the holotape off and examined the men standing in his living room for their reaction to he news. Clubs broke out of his trance. “Well, I guess if she has an answer to the contaminated water problem then your right, Spades. We really don’t have a choice. It will only be a few months until the water supply here is almost depleted. I guess back into the waste we go, my friends.” Clubs tried to finish his statement with a smirk in his voice. The other man, Diamonds, stood silently with a grave look of concern on his face. 

Zombie Files: Exiled at Sea - Part Three

 

A Fire in the Sky

    The wild boar finally entered his field of vision, so Gerard readied his aim against the hulking creature.  A shrill squeal pierced the air as it fell to the ground. “You're getting pretty good at using that bow,” Archer called out to him from behind a bush. “If we salt the meat, this pig will keep us all fed for at least a week or two.”

    “It's just like you explained it earlier: Visualize yourself making the shot in your mind's eye, then follow through with it,” Gerard recited the man's valuable advice back to him.

    “Correct,” he exclaimed as he gave Gerard a light slap on the shoulder. Even without sight, Archer was never one to lack his bearings. They placed a tarp beside the area and pulled the wild pig's remains onto it.  As they began making their way back, with the boar in tow, Gerard heard a rustling in the trees around them.  He dismissed it as the wind and his mind playing tricks on him. However, Archer did not feel this way as he immediately dropped the tarp and sprang around with his bow, ready to loose an arrow.

Zombie Files: Maya's Calendar - Part Three

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 Winter 1: A Sheep Among Wolves

All of the news regarding the Apocalypse is becoming nonexistent. This is the scariest part of the whole thing. I have been keeping up with events via my Smartphone. Every YouTube video and social networking site shows you more and more of the horror in the world. In some countries, the winter storms have silenced entire governments. The dead is overrunning India and China faster than any medieval conqueror. Battling the Mannys AND the weather is a losing scenario. Luckily, I'm in South Florida. Hopefully, it's not too bad where I'm headed. I must get to New York...

~Maya

Podcast Notes (episodes 37-42)

I've become a bit lax (read: lazy) about updating the blog with information and links on the latest episodes of Dash Files, so it's high time I fix that:


Episode 37: Millennials.
In this episode we focus on one topic, Millenials. We focus on the the circumstances that shape our generation.  The declining value of college, rising student loans, jobs, new forms of communications, social media, voter suppression, and our generations place in history are all discussed. 

Episode 38: Still Working
Frank is back from England, Bradward moves in, and Travis is still silent.  We get used to living with a dog, the birth of a think tank, Frank adventures backpacking in Europe, college exams, travel tales, Bonnaroo plans are the evening's topics. 

The rest of the missing episode descriptions after the jump:

The Banner: Zombie Files

As you probably have noticed we're in the middle of rolling out the Zombie Files a series of original post-apocalyptic stories written by the Dash Files collective. If you haven't already, bookmark this site and check back often as we have more Zombie Files, and Dash Files podcasts on the horizon.  Beyond that we're thinking up exciting new directions to take Dash Files, so do us a favor and spread the word.

-Bradward

Zombie Files: The Cadence of the Dead

 “You hear about the end of the world all the time on TV, in books, and in classrooms. You never think that it can happen to YOUR world. Well, it did happen…and not a single human being was prepared for it.” –The President of the United States