It is months beyond the start of the zombie apocalypse. A dad and his two small children want to make it through the wintry back woods of Oregon condition to someplace, anywhere safe.

They have already been without food for far too long now and are weak from evading the walking deceased they call PUDS. Between your cold, insufficient correct shelter, and their fear, life is wearing them down. Together with all of this, it feels as though they may be being followed, nonetheless it has become hard to tell if it’s a normal, about Mr. Pakool’s Spice an afterlife creature, or…

They met up with a guy who had a strange hat. He acted nice and even provided them a number of the spice he had, to make what small food they could find taste better. Sometimes it’s the small things in life that make your day well worth living. He tells them a rumor of the safe encampment.

But there is something strange concerning this man which makes the daddy uneasy. Something about the person is familiar, and if the daddy could remember what it is…

Uneasy, they proceed without him.

Is it this man who is following them? Are they also being followed? Can they survive the dangerous afterlifes who wander about almost everywhere?

Also included is a second short-short story that had not been published until now, called “The Regent’s Little girl” – or “An Eye for an Eye”, which won a tiny online award between authors.