Tag: #ELESeries
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Nuclear Winter
When we think of “nuclear winter,” we typically think of radioactive fallout in the sky caused by massive amounts of nukes going off and when it rains this down, everything dies. And we are wrong. Nuclear winter actually refers to firestorms all over the planet—caused by the detonation of nukes—reaching the stratosphere and spreading out,…
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What do the characters look like?
Click on the pics for the links to their origins. No copyright infringement here. Miss Mazy, veteran Marine Corps lieutenant and intel operative, turned police officer when the outbreak erupts. She puts Nefertiti to shame! Miss Kanesha Kane, equipped with sassy attitude. Phebe when she had long hair. Peter sort of looks like this guy.…
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Zombie Stuff!
In Book One, both Chris and Matt demand the infected aren’t ‘zombies’ because they are not dead. This is a common perception. “Zombies and the Infected … what’s the difference?” Zombiepedia’s definition of the ‘Infected’ The History of Zombies The zombie apocalypse genre begins with Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968). The American media…
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Why Ben Raven? A Salute to Native Veterans!
According to the USO, “Native Americans serve in the United States Armed Forces at five times the national average.” As of 2019, the Native population in the U.S. was approximately 1.4% but in the military 1.7%. Military Times reports: “To this day, American Indians serve in the armed forces at a higher rate than any…
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Wounded Warriors
Click on ‘Em “If you are able, save them a place inside you,And save one backward glance when you are leaving,for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them,though you may, or may not have always.Take what they have left, and what they havetaught you with their dying, and…
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That ‘70s Show with Zombies
Excerpt from Book Six, Clash© A cloud of marijuana smoke filled apartment A’s living room. Chris sat in the recliner while everyone else sat shoulder-to-shoulder on the couch or on the floor. They missed Pez for these sessions. Family obligations required him to move to a motel to be with them. “I have a question,…
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Phebe’s Nightmare
Cut out of Book Six, Phebe’s Nightmare Sequence. The wretched face of an infected man. He charged at Phebe. She swung the machete, cutting off his head at the neck. Another man raced at her. He wore torn-up fatigues and a helmet – he was the big zom from the marina who nearly killed her.…
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K.J. Jones, Sci-Fi Writer 