Melomiri

The Mine That Was Just a Reality Show

Language: en

Ten years into the zombie apocalypse, the eighty-odd residents of our town hid inside an abandoned coal mine. We survived day by day, licking moisture off the cave walls. In the end, only seven of us were left alive. After another neighbor mutated and was torn apart, I pressed my hands against the rock face in the deepest part of the mine. My fingers brushed against a piece of hard plastic. Three words were printed on it. Props Department. I stared at the plastic tag in my hand, my fingernails digging so hard into my palm they almost drew blood. On the back of the tag was a pristine…

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