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Free Zombie Fiction !

Tales of the Zombie War has just published RICK, THE OTHER WHITE MEAT By yours truly on their website.

“The hunter sat with his back against the thick loblolly pine and felt his shoulders dig into the wet bark. The gnat hat, a screen of camouflage mesh, covered his face and neck, but still the little bastards made their way in and attacked his sweaty skin. As they took their blood meal, his only reaction was to blink and will them to hurry it up. He absolutely refused to move. Movement gave you away.

Through the brush behind, he heard the snap of a twig. He remained silent and still, controlling his blinking and the surge of adrenaline that he felt. The rustling in the brush told him that it was the game he was looking for. Time to call it in.

On the top of his left thigh, just above his knee he had sewn one side of a velcro patch. The other side of the patch was glued to the back of his phone and held it in place.  His left hand barely extended its index finger and touched the ’send’button.

Taped to a tree about 40 feet in front of the hunter, a cell phone lit up and started playing the Benny Hill chase music on max volume. After about twenty seconds, the hunter pressed the ‘end’ button on the cell phone on his thigh and the ring tone stopped. The strains of Benny Hill ceased and the cell phone went quiet and dark against the tree.

He craned his ear for any sound that would confirm his call was heard. The sound of an animal crashing through the brush towards the tree came to him. As it grew closer, he could hear the grunts and pants of the charging beast. Just feet away from the tree that held the decoy phone, the zombie stopped dead in its tracks….”

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Year of the Zombie at Shot Show 2012

http://www.core77.com/blog/exhibitions/shot_show_2012_the_year_of_the_zombie_21573.asp

Core77 isn’t the only one eager to help you prepare for the end of days, many exhibitors here at the 2012 SHOT Show are marketing gear specifically towards would-be zombie hunters. From Armageddon cleaning kits to bayonet-fitted anti-zombie rifles, this SHOT Show is all about the undead.

SHOTShow2012-BabsinDesert.jpgReporting by Barbara Eldredge

According to armorer DoubleStar Corp, “In a post-apocalyptic world, red dots and holographic sights will not be a viable solution. Technology is dead, and the undead are coming after you. You aren’t afraid. You’re prepared. Armed with your DSC Zombie Slayer, the mobs of the undead will meet their match.” This rifle is easy to shoot and its attachable bayonet is sure to come in handy when the world’s ammo runs out.

SHOTShow2012-Otis-Zombie-Cleaning-Ki.jpgOtis Zombie Cleaning System

Otis Technologies recently launched its Zombie Cleaning System for 5.56mm rifles, 9mm, .40 &.45 caliber pistols, and 12-gauge shotguns. Suppressing a chuckle, one fella at Otis told me that it is important to keep one’s firearms clean and ever-ready for the apocalypse.

SHOTShow2012-Apocalypse-Kit_fulljpg.jpgGerber’s Apocalypse Kit, as seen on AMC’s Walking Dead

Gerber has even teamed up with the hit TV show Walking Dead to produce their sold-out Apocalypse Kit. The kit’s canvas roll bag contains two styles of Gator Machete, a Camp Axe, Parang (the #1 selling product on Gerber’s website), and three styles of knives. Gerber’s senior brand manager Jason Michelotti told me that their zombie marketing has “had a huge impact on our business and enabled us to reach a new consumer. It has enabled us to stress the attributes of preparedness and survival.” In addition to all of their zombie fighting tools, at the Gerber booth, you can kill a real live zombie! Well, you can pretend to kill one, anyway.

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There are also an array of zombie-themed targets. In addition to zombie-printed paper targets, Zombie Industries makes a gruesome-looking manikin zombie target that bleeds when hit. They were quite popular at the range yesterday.

 

Anti-Zombie Warclub/slingshot

Jorge Sprave, the oddball and heavily accented Slingshot channel guy, makes some pretty oddball looking stuff. This includes slingshots that fire 38mm 750-gram (1.5-pound cannon balls), shrapnel slingshots, et al. If you watch the video with him shooting 8mm-38mm stainless steel balls into ballistic gelatin he is getting something like 30-40cm of penetration…which is pretty respectable.

Here is a warclub/industrial slingshot that he made for, of course, Zombie Applications, with head ejector. It actually seems to have a lot of potential.