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Siblings thrown into the chaos of A Zombie-ish Apocalypse fight to survive a crazed, gun toting woman, packs of zombie-ish creatures, and a slow, sure starvation.
54 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 29, 2012
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Shannon Mayer
144 books7,415 followersA long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was born into a family of Star Wars nuts. I have a lot of siblings (somewhere I lost count but I think there was more than could be numbered on one hand) and being one of the young padawans I was subjected to Star Wars marathons, on a regular basis. If you've read any of my books you'll see there is often a reference to said movies as a small homage to my upbringing. May the force be with you and all that jazz.
I started writing when I realized I didn't want to grow up not believing in magic, or not believing in creatures everyone else said didn't exist. That being said, I have never seen a fairy, unicorn or dragon. I had a neighbour who swore they fed the leprechauns in their garden, but I never caught the little buggers no matter how long I lay in wait. (And consequently had to help the neighbours plant new flowers to replace those I killed waiting for the leprechauns to show their faces.)
Along the way, I found my husband who is the rock that keeps me from floating away into my dreams, and we have a little boy who is the centre of our world. Living on a farm keeps us busy (as if the writing wasn't enough) and I have more than my share of stories about wrestling with cows, helping birth calves and ending up in the creek during the process, falling in the mud (we'll call it mud but we all know that on a farm, mud is rarely mud) and chasing escaped livestock in the hopes the four legged convicts don't make it to the highway.
I've taken up archery, and the goal is to move into horseback archery in time (you know, when I can hit the target on a consistent basis) and when no one is looking, I love to bake (this doesn't happen often as it's hard to keep the sweet treats in stock with two boys in the house.)
As to what's coming next for me? More stories (since those never stop inside my head, I might as well share them with all of you!) and more adventures. Pretty much, when the fancy strikes, I'll jump on it. Leap before you look I'm sure that motto was created for me.
Or was that . . . think big and dream bigger, ready, set, pull the trigger . . . yeah. That one is a good one too. But only if you have a gun. And are hunting elephants. Which is not cool because of so many reasons. Let's stick with the first one with an addendum.
Leap before you look and let your dreams carry you on their wings. And that, my friends, is me in a nutshell.
I started writing when I realized I didn't want to grow up not believing in magic, or not believing in creatures everyone else said didn't exist. That being said, I have never seen a fairy, unicorn or dragon. I had a neighbour who swore they fed the leprechauns in their garden, but I never caught the little buggers no matter how long I lay in wait. (And consequently had to help the neighbours plant new flowers to replace those I killed waiting for the leprechauns to show their faces.)
Along the way, I found my husband who is the rock that keeps me from floating away into my dreams, and we have a little boy who is the centre of our world. Living on a farm keeps us busy (as if the writing wasn't enough) and I have more than my share of stories about wrestling with cows, helping birth calves and ending up in the creek during the process, falling in the mud (we'll call it mud but we all know that on a farm, mud is rarely mud) and chasing escaped livestock in the hopes the four legged convicts don't make it to the highway.
I've taken up archery, and the goal is to move into horseback archery in time (you know, when I can hit the target on a consistent basis) and when no one is looking, I love to bake (this doesn't happen often as it's hard to keep the sweet treats in stock with two boys in the house.)
As to what's coming next for me? More stories (since those never stop inside my head, I might as well share them with all of you!) and more adventures. Pretty much, when the fancy strikes, I'll jump on it. Leap before you look I'm sure that motto was created for me.
Or was that . . . think big and dream bigger, ready, set, pull the trigger . . . yeah. That one is a good one too. But only if you have a gun. And are hunting elephants. Which is not cool because of so many reasons. Let's stick with the first one with an addendum.
Leap before you look and let your dreams carry you on their wings. And that, my friends, is me in a nutshell.
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June 26, 2013
This was a very short story. I might have rated it a little higher except it felt like it should have been a chapter in one of the other books in this series instead of a separate short story.
It felt a little forced for the reason of introducing a character to use later in the series.
Because of how short this was the main characters didn't feel very developed. You got just enough to barely get to know them.
It wasn't a bad story, it did fit into the world and the characters were integrated into the final book tying everything together. I just think it should have been a little longer to not feel kind of like an afterthought.
It felt a little forced for the reason of introducing a character to use later in the series.
Because of how short this was the main characters didn't feel very developed. You got just enough to barely get to know them.
It wasn't a bad story, it did fit into the world and the characters were integrated into the final book tying everything together. I just think it should have been a little longer to not feel kind of like an afterthought.
November 7, 2017
I'm sorry, 2nd negative review in two days. Not like me. I wanted so much more in a short time.
September 25, 2012
I read all the books in this series in less than two days. I am a technology junkie and haven't picked up an actual book since I got my Kindle two years ago. This has allowed me to find and read a lot of authors I would have never before known, and for that I am very pleased. More power to the Indie do it yourself writers that are out there.
Shannon Mayer has a good premise for this series, and she titles the book well as a zombie-ish apocalypse type book. I like anything zombie and love when people have a different take on it, and the story wasn't completely bad. However, the spelling, grammar, and overall writing was atrocious. I know, I know, sometimes that is what you get with Indie, but come on, a high school kid could have done a better job proofing this book, the whole series for that matter.
I gave this two stars mostly because of the grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes. Based on the story it would have gotten three stars. It was exactly what I expected going into it, a quick read to pass the time with a nice twist on zombies taking over the world. If you can get past all of that and want a zombie series with a love and romance back story then give it a read.
Shannon Mayer has a good premise for this series, and she titles the book well as a zombie-ish apocalypse type book. I like anything zombie and love when people have a different take on it, and the story wasn't completely bad. However, the spelling, grammar, and overall writing was atrocious. I know, I know, sometimes that is what you get with Indie, but come on, a high school kid could have done a better job proofing this book, the whole series for that matter.
I gave this two stars mostly because of the grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes. Based on the story it would have gotten three stars. It was exactly what I expected going into it, a quick read to pass the time with a nice twist on zombies taking over the world. If you can get past all of that and want a zombie series with a love and romance back story then give it a read.
April 25, 2013
I know this is a short story and I liked how it filled in another side of the story from the main books, but it was way too short and ended so abruptly that I didn't realize it was over until I turned the page since it was only a small % of the content in the kindle version (there were several chapters from TWO of her other books in the back ofthis Kindle version)! Would have like better if it had taken this side of the story all the way up to meeting the other characters in the row boat...
February 13, 2014
Siblings Annie and Dustin are very likable characters, but they were left in something of a predicament. This "short story" read more like an introduction to characters in the Nevermore trilogy that didn't make it into the final edit. I am hoping that the pair show up in the later books of the trilogy so that we can find out what happens to them. (Rated only three stars for leaving the story unfinished.)
November 16, 2013
Really short and sweet. Well, not sweet. Seeing as a brother and sister are in the middle of the zombie-ish Apocalypse.
I can't imagine going through that with my younger brothers, it would tear me apart.
Now starting Dauntless.
I can't imagine going through that with my younger brothers, it would tear me apart.
Now starting Dauntless.
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