Comments on: I WAS A TEENAGE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE by Steve Ruth

By: bong

bong — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:16:48 +0000

This is the most realistic story i have read on this site. Yes its set in a zombie apocalypse but what makes these stories so engaging is human nature and how it can react in settings like these.
You nailed it mister.
I dont doubt for a minute that many people would go insane in a zombie apocalypse. Hell, even without the zombie factor, a lot of people are slightly not right in the head nowadays.
Adding the zombie apocalypse is just the last straw and reveals that people who were just getting by, would crack up when shit hits the fan.
Im really glad i found this site.
Most of the stories here are thought provoking, factual and even fun.
This story can even be the basis for a movie, a psycho thriller about a delusional teenager.
Maybe you should write a script, change the situation so that the kid thinks there are zombies when there aren’t at all.
This will make him act and still he gets proven wrong in the end.
The kid himself could prove scarier than the zombies on this site and is good movie material.

By: Sudonim

Sudonim — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:20:26 +0000

Excellent story. Couldn;t stop reading it to he end, even though i had a feeling it would end a lot worse than it did….

look forward to more if you manage to find inspiration for a further one… How about Bob’s story?

By: Cherry Darling

Cherry Darling — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:05:54 +0000

This was a really good story. I’m a 29 year old female, but I could relate to Jeremy quite a bit. I was a social outcast as a child but pretty and smart enough that I COULD have been popular and I have no friends as an adult. I’m Black and I live in the South but don’t care much for going to church, so you can imagine my solitude…not to mention that I love watching and/or reading horror stories, particularly about zombies, EVERY DAY. My mom didn’t have another child until I was 8, so I got into the habit of talking to myself and I must admit that I still do…pretending I’m on American Idol or talking to friends. You really created a believable character in Jeremy and I loved how Julie was strong and not in need of his “rescue.” Let me bring to your attention, though, unless I overlooked another charatcter-towards the end you say “Jessica” instead of Julie when he’s on the stretcher and sees her with her parents.

By: Ghost

Ghost — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:17:29 +0000

Excellent, totally different angle from the typical zombie story. Keep up the good work I look forward to reading more of your work.

By: kineo

kineo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:46:58 +0000

Incredible story, I loved it start to finish. I almost wanted to stop reading when Jeremy got to the church and you mentioned the gasoline. I figured at that point there’s only a few directions it can go once he uses it, and none of them are going to be “good”. I kept hoping he would come to his senses in time before someone got hurt. Your writing kept me hooked start to finish.

Like others said in their comments, I enjoyed how he knew what things were like- but he really had no clue. It really highlights how lost most of us would be if something like that really could and did happen. If only he stopped to talk to some of the people he came across… and yet he couldn’t or wouldn’t because he knew better or it didn’t fit in with his fantasy. That part with the overweight woman was a great touch, especially since she lived in the end. All the chances he had to be the hero he thought was.

Great work, keep it up!

By: mmmmmadobo

mmmmmadobo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:52:09 +0000

wow , i loved it. i could picture everything as i read. damn near shame for jeremy, he is and always be a loser.

By: Rik

Rik — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:03:22 +0000

Great story, great job on conveying how that brat reacted to everything – as much as I hated him!!

By: Meganne

Meganne — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:41:31 +0000

I could barely get through this story, as good as it was. – I have no tolerance for disgusting little teenage brats, and halfway through I was hoping he’d get chewed apart slowly.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:39:10 +0000

First off, great story I loved it. You did one of the few things I rarely see in zombie stories. You told the truth about how bad the world would be for modern humans without the things we’ve all gotten used to. Like running water and power. I say this because anyone who thinks the dead rising is cool is totally wrong. Keep up the good work.