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Outsourced
The Undead return in this short dark satire that ties together global warming, unemployment and zombies.
- GenresZombies
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First published February 2, 2012
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Saul W. Tanpepper
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Got a Kindle? Find me at http://viewauthor.at/SaulTanpepper
Got a Nook? I'm here http://bit.ly/VpgXlh
iTunes? Click this http://bit.ly/QnMoJp
Google Play? http://bit.ly/2jVLtVL
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Do you Smashwords? http://bit.ly/P4SEWi
Wattpad: http://wattpad.com/SaulTanpepper
Saul is the specfic pen name of author Ken J. Howe, who writes in a variety of genres. He is a retired biotech entrepreneur with a PhD in molecular genetics and is a former combat medic.
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July 12, 2025
Reread, 2025:
I listened to this short story at the behest of the author on his subscriber newsletter. Tanpepper is fundraising to provide human-voiced audiobooks for a lot of his bestsellers, by using an AI-voiced audiobook program, ElevenReader, that pays the author for each listen. So I'm doing my little fractional bit. The story is still good - and worth the listen!
Original read, 2019:
The satiric wit of Tanpepper combines unemployment, global warming, and zombies in his short story Outsourced. Not your typical stuff - it reminds me of some of the works of UK zombie author K. Bartholomew. Nicely done.
I listened to this short story at the behest of the author on his subscriber newsletter. Tanpepper is fundraising to provide human-voiced audiobooks for a lot of his bestsellers, by using an AI-voiced audiobook program, ElevenReader, that pays the author for each listen. So I'm doing my little fractional bit. The story is still good - and worth the listen!
Original read, 2019:
The satiric wit of Tanpepper combines unemployment, global warming, and zombies in his short story Outsourced. Not your typical stuff - it reminds me of some of the works of UK zombie author K. Bartholomew. Nicely done.
February 18, 2012
Outsourced by Saul Tanpepper is a short story with wonderful satire. Saul pokes fun at authors and makes some fun of the past political elite. His protagonist goes on to crave a Fillet-O-Fish! Saul creates a make believe world that could come true according to some in our society --- or is Saul a fortune teller showing us the world of our future. The end is great!
May 28, 2012
Whacked out humor, some political digs and even an Al Gore reference, February 4, 2012
Picked this up this morning for free. It's a nice short, quick read, and my fourth Tanpepper short story title. Loved the biting satire when the narrator describes how the zombies came to be. I won't ruin it for others, but he takes a swipe at Al Gore that had me laughing out loud. The setting (in a soup line) yields an anachronistic feel to this clearly futuristic story, but its themes of global warming and unemployment problems make this relevant to today's issues. The twist at the end had me laughing both with and at the narrator, which, I think, was the intent.
Picked this up this morning for free. It's a nice short, quick read, and my fourth Tanpepper short story title. Loved the biting satire when the narrator describes how the zombies came to be. I won't ruin it for others, but he takes a swipe at Al Gore that had me laughing out loud. The setting (in a soup line) yields an anachronistic feel to this clearly futuristic story, but its themes of global warming and unemployment problems make this relevant to today's issues. The twist at the end had me laughing both with and at the narrator, which, I think, was the intent.
April 17, 2012
An original take on the zombie apocalypse genre. A very witty and clever tale of an uprising that lands an author in the soup line. We follow him through his efforts to survive and learn from him what has happened.
Superbly edited, Mr. Tanpepper has written an outstanding story. Wonderfully entertaining – and I don’t usually like zombie stories! Bravo.
Superbly edited, Mr. Tanpepper has written an outstanding story. Wonderfully entertaining – and I don’t usually like zombie stories! Bravo.
May 29, 2012
This is an awesome book. I thoroughly enjoyed the irony in the story and the poking fun of certain elected officials. Saul Tanpepper is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors.
June 13, 2012
Creative and entertaining short story with a new take on the zombie apocalypse.
July 15, 2025
( Format : Audiobook )
"Can't win for losing."
Free listen with ElevenReader, and voiced by an AI of cboice. Things have certainly improved since I last listened to a non human narrator reading a book. The short story was a fun, somewhat unusual zombie tale, well written as wou!d be expected by its talented author.
"Can't win for losing."
Free listen with ElevenReader, and voiced by an AI of cboice. Things have certainly improved since I last listened to a non human narrator reading a book. The short story was a fun, somewhat unusual zombie tale, well written as wou!d be expected by its talented author.
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