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    Amber
    Amber
    Amber
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    Amber

    By Steven Jenkins

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    From death to breath. From anarchy to calm.

    Witness a zombie pandemic in reverse.

     

    Even amidst the decay and the deathly snarls of hunger, a living, breathing human once walked in the shoes of a rotter.

     

    Chris is deceased and ravenous. Murdered and resurrected by a mysterious virus.

     

    Alan is barricaded in his bedroom, listening, watching in dismay, as the undead scratch at the door and loiter in his garden.

     

    What the hell is going on? How did things get so bad?

     

    And what does it feel like to be dead?

     

     

    WHAT THE READERS ARE SAYING:

    ★★★★★ A great zombie thriller
    ★★★★★ Chillingly original
    ★★★★★ Top notch writing
    ★★★★★ Short, sweet & mighty scary
    ★★★★★ This author knows how to tell a tale

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven Jenkins
    Release dateMay 6, 2024
    ISBN9798224631636
    Amber
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    Steven Jenkins

    Steven Jenkins is a San Francisco-based cultural critic whose writings on film, music, art, and literature appear in national periodicals, exhibition catalogues, and artist monographs. He is the author of City Slivers and Fresh Kills: The Films of Gordon Matta-Clark and Model Culture: James Casebere, Photographs 1975-1996.

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      Amber - Steven Jenkins

      Amber

      Steven Jenkins

      Contents

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      Behind the locked bedroom door, I hear feet dragging up the staircase, carrying a body that should not be moving. The deathly hiss is getting closer. He’s reached the landing. Hot rivulets of sweat cascade down my face, stinging my eyes, as I press my shoulder hard against the door. He’s close. He knows I’m in here.

      The handle turns and panic wraps around my chest, compressing the life from my heart. My body jolts as the door is shunted from the landing. And then like a wild cat, the sound of fingernails clawing at the wood reaches my ears.

      Scanning the room, I look for something to use as a barricade. I spot the wardrobe, but it’s all the way across the room. It’s too far. The hinges shake as fists pound against the door. The screws

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