Series: Reanimated Readz – Book Four
Genre: YA
Publisher: Bono Books
Pages: 21
Buy: Bono Bookstore
Losing an election is bad enough. But losing it to a zombie?
Tanner B. Simpson is running for junior class president. Her only opposition? Calvin Hobbs, her former boyfriend and the first zombie student ever to run for class president.
During a live debate in front of the student body, Tanner reveals her inner prejudice for “the zombie party” while Calvin reveals his inner humanity.
Was Tanner wrong about Calvin? And could he ever take her back?
~Excerpt~
I frown and turn back to the audience.
By the time I do, I see a string of zombies, maybe a dozen, maybe two, lined up at their microphone at the bottom of the bleachers. Mrs. Halston stands primly from her seat at the foot of the stage and pivots primly to face them.
She takes the mic from its holder and points it in the face of the first zombie, a junior by the name of Carl Gaff. He used to play for the soccer team before Congress vetoed the Living Dead in Sports Act earlier this year.
He is short and slight and swimming in his green jacket, which only seems to come in one size: XXL. He looks at me calmly and says, slowly, deeply, but quite seriously, “What qualifications do you have that Calvin doesn’t?”
Before I can hear Brody’s voice screaming in my head, I snap out the first thing that comes to mind. “I can read, for one.”
There is dead silence in the auditorium as Carl Gaff looks at me. I cringe, expecting the place to boo, to erupt, to storm the stage and tear me limb from limb. What I get is even worse.
“That’s it?” he asks.
I don’t think he really meant it as a joke but the audience laughs, and laughs and laughs and laughs.
All except for the zombies, but that’s only because they’re still busy lining up to ask questions. One by one, they get in line, until the steps leading down from their section are full, and then they line up, side by side, very orderly like, two by two, side by side, a sea of green jackets and yellow teeth patiently waiting their turns.
I look at them. Green jackets, yellow stripes down each sleeve, dark hair, dark eyes, gray skin, patient, slow, and eager for a chance at the microphone.
I don’t give it to them. I don’t care if it costs me the election, I don’t care if I look like a clown. I don’t care about anything anymore than getting off that stage.
Immediately.
Review-
The Zombie Vote is the fourth book in Rusty Fischer's Reanimated Reads Series. Now you don't have to read them in order, each in the series stand alone. The series has a great premise... what would happen to our world if zombies were created equal to us (humans) mortals?
The Zombie Vote is thrilling, another aspect of the series coming to light. Zombie's are back in school and they have full voting privileges! It's unique, go pick up The Zombie Vote today!
Author Bio:
A former public school teacher, Rusty Fischer has written for such educational magazines as Learning, The Mailbox and Teaching K-8. Now a full-time freelance writer, Rusty is the author of several YA supernatural novels for Decadent Publishing, including Ushers, Inc. and Panty Raid at Zombie High, as well as the Reanimated Readz series of 99-cent zombie short stories. You can read more about his current and upcoming projects, and download FREE zombie stories, at: www.zombiesdontblog.blogspot.com
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