The Zombie Protocol
Marcus shuffled through the hallway like a straight-up zombie, barely functioning after staying up until 3 AM scrolling through his feed. His eyes burned, his brain felt like mush,...
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Marcus shuffled through the hallway like a straight-up zombie, barely functioning after staying up until 3 AM scrolling through his feed. His eyes burned, his brain felt like mush,...
The pyramid of red Solo cups towered three feet above Jackson's kitchen island, a monument to senior year desperation. Maya stood beside it, clutching her orange soda like a lifeli...
The suburban pool party hummed with that specific kind of tension that makes your palms sweat and your brain short-circuit. I stood at the shallow end, nursing a lukewarm soda, wat...
The cable had been dead for three hours when Maya's phone buzzed. *Zombie apocalypse at my place. Bring snacks. - Jace* Maya grabbed her backpack, stuffing it with popcorn and her...
The lunch rush at GreenSqueeze hit like a tidal wave, and I was drowning in kale. My first week, and already I'd accidentally blended spinach into three customers' mango smoothies....
Maya stood at the edge of the pool deck, clutching her solo cup like it was a lifeline. Jordan's pool party raged behind her — bodies splashing, laughter echoing, the smell of coco...
Marcus stood in front of his mirror, clutching the orange **vitamin** D3 bottle like it was some magical elixir that could transform him from scrawny sophomore to padel court legen...
Maya pulled her beanie down lower over her forehead, the brim like a shield against the world. First house party of sophomore year, and she already felt like a zombie shuffling thr...
My hair was doing that thing again—that frizzy halo effect that made me look like I'd stuck a fork in an electrical socket. I yanked a scrunchie from my wrist and wrestled the mess...
Kai's thumb hovered over the send button, her iPhone screen illuminating the dark bathroom stall. The message to Jordan—perfectly crafted after thirty minutes of overthinking—waite...
Maya's lungs burned. The state championship swim finals were in twenty minutes, and she was hiding behind the concession stand instead of warming up. Three years of 5 AM practices,...
My lucky baseball hat sat crushed in my backpack, brim permanently bent from last summer's incident. The one nobody talked about. The one where I froze at the plate with bases load...