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Snack Run
This short story follows two ex-employees of an online gaming company as they struggle to find their way in a dystopian future that has no mercy for the weak.They have each others backs as they go on a snack run.Heather and Emma have the munchies... things just got real.
12 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 24, 2016
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Erik Schubach
209 books440 followersInternational bestselling author of #lesfic f/f romance, scifi, urban fantasy, paranormal & more. Consummate geek & sarcasm connoisseur. Any pronouns are fine.
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Amazon: https://amzn.to/30ACXSq
Audible: https://adbl.co/2SrFqu1
Twitter: https://bit.ly/2GDN0is
Blog: https://bit.ly/2EZMIC7
iTunes: https://apple.co/2Sx6FDI
GooglePlay: http://tiny.cc/udycvz
YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Sw0Q9u
Bestsellers:
Fantasy:
Scifi/Paranormal:
Urban Fantasy:
Romance/Romantic Comedy:
With over 100 titles to choose from from various series and genres, I'm sure I've written something for you. Check out the whole list here .
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January 15, 2019
“Snack Run” is a delightful short (12 minutes) story that manages to bring comical whimsey and a sweet relationship into a post-apocalyptic world of dying zombies and yet-to-arrive space aliens.
Society and our MCs are brutal enough that I initially wondered whether this was, perhaps, a new version of “A Clockwork Orange”. But no, “Snack Run” is not that dark. Our roommates and future more-than-friends are making the best of a bad situation, and keeping a sense of humor and love in their lives.
The audiobook is priced a bit high ($2.77 to members) for only 12 minutes, but I picked this up during the recent Audible sale offering an additional 30% off, so that brought it under $2. Still, that’s $10/hour - $10 is the price of a an Audible credit, which buys books that are many hours long. Authors don’t control pricing on Audible, and I think this is the lowest price for a book other than the now very infrequent (and much missed) $1.99 add-on price that used to be more common when buying a book on Kindle at the same time as buying the audiobook. “Snack Run” is another of the very few books that Erik makes available on KU; you can save a couple bucks, but the narrator is Hollie Jackson, which made it easy to choose between the KU book and the audiobook!!
4.5* for “Snack Run”. Rounded up because it’s so short I plan to listen to it over-and-over again to pad my 2019 Reading Challenge instead of resorting to a plethora of pwp KU and audiobooks to complete my challenge as I did at the end of 2018! Bwahahahaha!
No, seriously, I enjoyed the pwp too much to skip more of those titles in 2019. “Snack Run” deserves the 5* on its own for the entertainment it provided!
Society and our MCs are brutal enough that I initially wondered whether this was, perhaps, a new version of “A Clockwork Orange”. But no, “Snack Run” is not that dark. Our roommates and future more-than-friends are making the best of a bad situation, and keeping a sense of humor and love in their lives.
The audiobook is priced a bit high ($2.77 to members) for only 12 minutes, but I picked this up during the recent Audible sale offering an additional 30% off, so that brought it under $2. Still, that’s $10/hour - $10 is the price of a an Audible credit, which buys books that are many hours long. Authors don’t control pricing on Audible, and I think this is the lowest price for a book other than the now very infrequent (and much missed) $1.99 add-on price that used to be more common when buying a book on Kindle at the same time as buying the audiobook. “Snack Run” is another of the very few books that Erik makes available on KU; you can save a couple bucks, but the narrator is Hollie Jackson, which made it easy to choose between the KU book and the audiobook!!
4.5* for “Snack Run”. Rounded up because it’s so short I plan to listen to it over-and-over again to pad my 2019 Reading Challenge instead of resorting to a plethora of pwp KU and audiobooks to complete my challenge as I did at the end of 2018! Bwahahahaha!
No, seriously, I enjoyed the pwp too much to skip more of those titles in 2019. “Snack Run” deserves the 5* on its own for the entertainment it provided!
April 26, 2016
A (Too) Short Story (SPOILERS)
I'd like to see this expanded on as a series. This is the first, and to my knowledge, the only zombie apocalypse story to utilize the alien invasion as the reason for the outbreak angle. Also, the short "shelf life" of the undead is an interesting angle, as well.
There are a few grammatical errors, like dialogue that clearly ends with quotation marks, though the following descriptive text also has closed quotation marks around it. A minor quibble, to be sure, and not one that overly detracts from the story.
Mr. Schubach, please turn this into a full length novel and a series. I would love to read more.
I'd like to see this expanded on as a series. This is the first, and to my knowledge, the only zombie apocalypse story to utilize the alien invasion as the reason for the outbreak angle. Also, the short "shelf life" of the undead is an interesting angle, as well.
There are a few grammatical errors, like dialogue that clearly ends with quotation marks, though the following descriptive text also has closed quotation marks around it. A minor quibble, to be sure, and not one that overly detracts from the story.
Mr. Schubach, please turn this into a full length novel and a series. I would love to read more.
April 26, 2016
A great short
A lovable short tale of two friends surviving the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. They have to eat somehow so why not go out on a "snack run".
Would love to see this version of the zombie apocalypse end up as a novel or even a series.
A lovable short tale of two friends surviving the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. They have to eat somehow so why not go out on a "snack run".
Would love to see this version of the zombie apocalypse end up as a novel or even a series.
April 26, 2016
Nice fun quick zombie story
This is just a quick story but it us cute and fast. It is well worth the download and read!
This is just a quick story but it us cute and fast. It is well worth the download and read!
April 28, 2016
We want more, we want more
May 28, 2021
I don’t particularly like zombie stories, but this was really about the two women and I thought this was the start of what could have been an interesting story. In fact as a very very short story it was a waste of two interesting characters.
May 23, 2016
Oh my goooood....I want more of this book. Erik...pleeeeaaasssee do a stand alone book!!!...!!!
This is a great take 2 years post zombie apocalypse. Not a real romance, just going out to get some food. About a 10 min read. Two thumbs up, and the bottle of orange soda.
This is a great take 2 years post zombie apocalypse. Not a real romance, just going out to get some food. About a 10 min read. Two thumbs up, and the bottle of orange soda.
July 20, 2018
Survival of the cleverest
A semi-romantic yarn about two smart women just living the best life they can without endangering themselves or others needlessly. For a zombie apocalypse story, this has a lot of heart and smart characters. A good, fun light zombie read.
A semi-romantic yarn about two smart women just living the best life they can without endangering themselves or others needlessly. For a zombie apocalypse story, this has a lot of heart and smart characters. A good, fun light zombie read.
October 21, 2023
3 stars. Awesome concept and cool characters but it was way too short and I wanted more by the end. A fun, quick read though.
October 1, 2021
Entirely too short. Another short story that has potential to be a longer adventure. In just 12 minutes you are introduced to two fun characters that would make great stars of a grand sweeping adventure
that involved the quest to make a home in a post apocalyptic world.
that involved the quest to make a home in a post apocalyptic world.
May 22, 2016
Fun quick read. I enjoyed the characters and wish this was made into a series.
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