Surviving the Fittest by Jason White is an emotionally
charged, action packed zombie short story that kept me on the edge of my seat. His zombies are the classic lumbering fiends
from the Romero blood line. Not that
humanity has a chance anyway, but against corpses with super speed, super
strength, and reason, we’d last a few hours.
With Jason's walkers I feel like our delusion of survival is dragged on long
enough to get stories other than zombies eats human.
So the
situation is a zombie plague has overtaken the world. Fifteen year old Charlie is alone caring for
his thirteen year old severely mentally disabled sister, Cindy. They must survive the living dead as well as
those humans that have survived.
The
affection Charlie has for his sister and his innocence in general made this
story work. Zombie tales are metaphors for the inevitable death of all people. You can run all you want, but they will catch you—and
in the end death will be triumphant.
Charlie’s story gives us another metaphor, a reason to live despite
approaching doom. He learns what his
life is worth.
I give Surviving the Fittest four severed
heads.
Heads Will
Roll,
Everette
Bell
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