Cheating, Death

Teel McClanahan III on Podiobooks.com•podiobooks.com

When the walking dead fill the streets, who can cheat death? Who can survive? Featuring a zombie outbreak that devastates Denver, an indecisive adulterer, and a series of violent, disturbing, and perhaps even heart-rending events of the sort you'd expect when the dead rise up to eat the living, Cheating, Death is a roller-coaster ride through a horror show both of death and of the heart. Cheating, Death is the fourth glimpse of the storybook universe first seen in Lost and Not Found, and gives a detailed look at the zombie outbreak that put the events of Forget What You Can't Remember in motion. Listen to one for fun, then read and/or listen to them all to get the rest of the story.

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Thanks for listening. If you enjoyed Cheating, Death, please look for my other titles on Podiobooks.com, including: Dragons' Truth, Lost and Not Found, Forget What You Can't Remember, More Lost Memories, & the first three books of a series called "Untrue Tales From Beyond Fiction - Recollections of an Alternate Past".

Dec 25, 2009•1 min

Chapter 13

Death and Salvation - In which Melvin Spall, abandoned and alone, dreams of his own death, and Stacy joins forces with the Sergeant, discussing the true danger of the zombie outbreak with Lorraine.

Dec 25, 2009•15 min

Chapter 12

Rejection, Revelation - In which Melvin and Stacy gather supplies as they argue about what happened with Frances, and Melvin gets left behind once more.

Dec 22, 2009•15 min

Chapter 11

Together Again - In which Melvin and Stacy face a confrontation with zombies in different ways and Frances appears and suddenly attacks her cheating husband, then at sunset the Sergeant's forces begin to assemble at Civic Center Park.

Dec 18, 2009•15 min

Chapter 10

Turning Around - In which Melvin walks back toward downtown to rendezvous with Stacy, and Frances' trancelike wanderings lead her back to the grocery store where she left Melvin.

Dec 16, 2009•14 min

Chapter 9

Finding, Failure - In which Melvin's solo wanderings lead him to a seemingly-safe bakery and into a situation that is more dangerous at every turn, then finds a working phone and calls Stacy.

Dec 11, 2009•17 min

Chapter 8

Indecision, Separation - In which Melvin and Frances get to the heart of their argument and Frances decides to leave Melvin for good, walking off into the zombie-infested streets alone.

Dec 08, 2009•16 min

Chapter 7

Taking, Chances - In which a couple of guys decide that the chaos of the zombie outbreak has created the perfect chance for some looting, and Melvin tries to protect his family and to gather supplies before things go horribly awry for everyone.

Dec 04, 2009•20 min

Chapter 6

Leaving Safety - In which a young woman wakes up in the back of a van with no idea that there's been a zombie outbreak while she was passed out, and Melvin leads his family away from the imminent disaster of the over-crowded stadium to try to find food and shelter.

Dec 02, 2009•16 min

Chapter 5

Hysterics and Histrionics - In which panic leads to pandemonium, and the morning's distressing events lead to an argument between Melvin and Frances about his cheating.

Nov 28, 2009•18 min

Chapter 4

Go With the Flow - In which two teenagers argue about each other's choice of late-night sneaking around before being whisked away to Mile High Stadium for safety, and Melvin's family gets separated from each other there when zombies are noticed inside the stadium.

Nov 24, 2009•21 min

Chapter 3

On the Road - In which the police attempt -ineffectively- to keep things under control on the roads leading out of Denver, and Melvin gets his family in their SUV and on the road with the zombies already spreading into his neighborhood.

Nov 20, 2009•15 min

Chapter 2

Breaking News - In which the local news tries to decide how to frame the story of the ongoing zombie outbreak, and Melvin's family is awakened to see how that news show goes horribly wrong, putting Frances in a panicked state as she tries to get her family ready to escape.

Nov 18, 2009•13 min

Chapter 1

Trouble In Traffic - In which a truckload of zombies is spilled across I-76 on the outskirts of Denver, and Melvin Spall narrowly avoids becoming one of the first victims of the zombie outbreak.

Oct 29, 2009•14 min

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