The Zed Word
By Kim Knox
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In a plague-changed world, the dead have become mindless playthings for the living. And Sofie DeWitt isn't a fan of the undead...until she meets Zed.
Now one zombie is about to show her how far from a plaything he is.
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The Zed Word - Kim Knox
The
Zed
Word
Kim Knox
Copyright © 2016 by
Kim
Knox
All rights reserved.
First published in SFR Quarterly
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Contents
1. Zed
About the Author
Also by Kim Knox
Emergence
Magnetism
Zed
With the loud ring of a bell, the door to the shop swung back and hit the wooden stop nailed into the floor. Hit it hard. Sofie winced and rubbed her palms against her thighs. Nettie said she’d only be ten minutes, half an hour tops. Of course, in the time she was away a customer was bound to
turn
up
.
All right, she could do this. It was probably one of Nettie’s regular clients, here for a not-quite so legal upgrade on their reclaimed flesh. They’d be as nervous as her. More so. Simple.
Sofie wet her lips and put on her best smile. It was more of a rictus. "The proprietor is currently away from the premises. My name’s Sofie. I’d be happy to help in any way
I
can
."
Her explanation was swallowed up by the hard boots of the woman striding into the shop’s small space. The dull light of the afternoon dipped further as the tall form of a reclaimed man blocked the open doorway.
"Why is it so dark
in
here
?"
Sofie jumped to her feet, the action almost automatic at the woman’s barked question. Shit. Someone from the administration. She recognised the voice from official daily broadcasts. Eileen Corsen, commander of the unit that