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

The explosion stomped on her and forced all the air from her lungs. The world went from bright and sunny to gloomy in an instant. She could see things flying away from her, people, cars, trees, bits of building, even chunks of road. The force stretched her like she had been transformed into modeling clay and hands pulled on either end of her.


Then the shockwave passed and air returned. It hammered her into the pavement and crushed her breath again. Pranthi partially expected to be crushed by pieces of the bank returning to earth, but all that fell was dust.


Chapter 25: The Gods Below, Part 1