The Coldest Winter

The Dying of the Light

by Jason Kristopher

This is a short story of approximately 5,100 words.

During the cold Polish winter of 1942, and under orders from the OSS, an elite group of soldiers investigated a secret auxiliary compound of the Belzec Extermination Camp. What these members of Unit 73 — later known as AEGIS — found there was nothing short of horrifying.

Josef Mengele's experiments were merely the beginning…

"The Coldest Winter" is a supplemental short story. Read more about AEGIS, the walkers, and the zombie apocalypse in Jason Kristopher's The Dying of the Light: End and its sequel, The Dying of the Light: Interval.

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 18, 2013

About the author

Jason Kristopher is the award-winning author terrifying readers with zombies in The Dying of the Light , thrilling them with 1940s noir in Loco Moco , and harrowing them with boy-meets-gryphon-meets-robot adventure in When Iron Wakes . With the love of his life and the dog that rescued him by his side, he plots his next traumatizing stories from Florida beaches.

Read more about Jason on his website and get exclusive early access to snippets, behind-the-scenes cool stuff on Patreon.