The Z Word

by Charles Riffle, Elizabeth Riffle (Editor)

The first in a short story series following a group of survivors during a zombie apocalypse in the big city.

7 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 24, 2015

About the author

Charles Riffle began writing short stories at a young age, inspired by his favorite author at the time, Judy Blume. Charles became interested in horror, particularly movies. His early favorites were the Friday the 13th, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street films. At 10 years old he wrote a fan fiction story about Jason Voorhees as an adolescent attending school. The story was not well received by teachers who deemed it too dark and disturbing. As a teenager Charles began reading books by Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Ed McBain. At 19, Charles wrote his first book Teethgrinder: Stories of the Macabre. The book went unpublished and virtually unnoticed. Charles gave up on writing for many years in favor of working 40+ hours a week. In early 2012, Charles was declared legally blind. Charles, at the urging of his wife began writing again later that
year.

Though known as an eccentric figure, Charles enjoys spending time with his wife Elizabeth, a Science Fiction author, and their 5 rescue animals (2 dogs and 3 cats). His interests include: video games, Superhero movies, professional wrestling, his Amazon Kindle and yes horror movies. Charles was a professional wrestler working on the independent territories for nearly ten years before an injury. He also studied Hudo and Jiu-Jitsu and was an amateur boxer for a short time.