Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Pranthi makes her living with her camera – it keeps her at a comfortable distance from the world. Pictures of the first person to go zombie give her a big scoop. The lens can’t protect her as more people are infected. As a former street kid from India, Pranthi knows she’s tough, but not tough enough to deal with zombies. As if she had a choice.

The Gods Above

Dan walked out of the clinic on the university campus. After months of work, he could move almost normally with his prosthetic leg. Still a long way from passing his physical to get back on the front line, but he no longer felt knives stab into the stump at every step.


Each time he left here, he reminded himself he had Cindy to thank for this relatively pain free existence.


His cell phone buzzed an hour before his next appointment. Another survivor of the roofing craze that killed hundreds through the spring and left many more suicidal. Pranthi's building wasn't the only one, but it was the worst. Dan was no psychologist, but some people took comfort in having a uniformed officer listen to their struggles. If it helped people, he wasn't about to stop.


Chapter 23: One-Legged Cop, Part 1