The last chance for salvation

A horror flash fiction story

The city is captured. Wherever my eyes go, they are everywhere - on the streets, atop overturned cars, on the rooftops of high-rise buildings, behind shattered windows of apartments. Chaos reigns around me. Where can I run away from them? Where can I hide? They will want to convert me, they roam the city in search of the last unconverted. They will understand I'm not one of them. Another moment, and they will turn their attention to me. A sudden thought crosses my mind: what if I could fool them? I quickly bend over to the flowerbed at the curb and scoop a handful of earth. I smear my face with the mud, I should look as slovenly as they do. Not far from me, I can already see some of them who noticed me and began hobbling towards me. I need to keep my cool. I get up, twist my body to one side and slowly trudge toward them, limping, mimicking their movements. They stop in their tracks, confused, and study me. I start to emit inarticulate sounds like the ones they do. They blink, three seconds and they begin to walk past me. I tricked them! But suddenly out of nowhere two large Rottweilers rise in front of me. They bare their teeth and look at me. Their noses are smeared with blood, their eyes clouded. They are also converted. And they are sniffing. A dog's sense of smell is much keener than a human's. I freeze in horror. Dead Rottweilers growl and rush towards me. So do the rest of the living dead around me...

Author's Note

Keep in mind that English is my third language. Any reviews and correcions are welcome, though.

Reviews

[Adam Adams]

I kinda like the story concept esp. the way you pen it down around deep & trés suspenseful words. Very thrilling. eye catching & quite interesting reading. Short. simple & quick reading write it certainly is that i kinda enjoy reading along time. Keep writing! I am sure would be definitely looking forward to reading your industriously evocative & suspensefully mysterious work im time for sure.

[Laura Ataeva]

Wow! It's my first review from an English-speaking reader. I'm really happy to see it's a positive one. Thank you so much for you gentle review, Adam! Means a lot to me. :) In fact, I wrote this as a challenge to myself to see if I was able to produce a story with a beginning, middle, and end, keeping it under 300 words and still conveying a sense of fear (generally I prefer longer forms for my writing). I'm glad to learn that someone thinks I succeeded in it. :)

[Adam Adams]

Hit another 300 words. Kinda like your thilling work & i am hoping to read the further part of the story, onwards. Good luck. Keep writing!