Outrunning Zombies: an apocalyptic thriller short story (Dex Reynolds #1)

When flesh-eating zombies take over the streets, Dex Reynolds must find a way to survive the onslaught and the aftermath...and find out if the love of his life, his soon-to-be ex-wife, is safe.

Will he be able to find her, fight off the zombies, guard her against predatory human slime, and convince her to let him take her to a secured farm he's prepared against all eventualities, or will she break things off him for once and for all?

A 7200-word action-adventure survival short story and the start of a serial story. Contains action, guns, zombies, and romance. Adult language warning.

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EXCERPT:
I walked up the double spiral stairs of my new teak and cedar beach house to find an unpleasant surprise.

"Drop those bags, asshole, or I'll shoot your goddamned head off!"

I froze at the top of the stairs to the beach house I'd found nicely furnished and vacant with a week's worth of groceries from the rest of the houses down the block weighing me down. My carry gun was tucked away on my left side in a shoulder holster that I instantly and stupidly realized I couldn't get to because I'd been hauling so much in one trip and had no hand free. Stupid, stupid, stupid thing to do. He had the advantage of surprise and a .25 pea-shooter with his finger in the trigger, and the best scenario for me was to wait and take advantage of any chances I could make before one of us got shot.

Namely, me.