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Cheating, Death by Teel McClanahan III
Horror/Dark Fantasy
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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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By: genevere
This is a great book. It's well written and the story is engaging. It's pretty macabre but entertainingly so. The inept characters are believable and at times amusing. Thanks.By: Chris
I'd agree with @Rosanna to some extent. I couldn't really get attached to these characters. Largely I found them just to pathetic to relate to. Once things started to really go down hill it seems they just ceased functioning. Sure there should be a bit of time to freak out, but then I want to see them taking life into their own hands and trying to save themselves, but I never really felt like they were all that endeared with living.By: Rosanna
This is sort of a smaller take on the whole zombie genre. It takes a dysfunctionally doomed family and surrounds them with doom. Does it find their strengths or their weaknesses? I enjoyed the story very much.. But my only complaint might be that I never felt invested in any of the characters. None of them were very likable to me... so their fates and their impending peril were not as important to me as they could have been. In the end it was kind of a dismal view of how self involved people have become.
Chapters
Title Description Date Created Chapter 1
(13.06 MB)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. Nov 13, 2009 Chapter 2
(12.22 MB)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 Chapter 3
(13.29 MB)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 Chapter 4
(19.01 MB)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 25, 2009 Chapter 5
(16.03 MB)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 29, 2009 Chapter 6
(14.81 MB)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 3, 2009 Chapter 7
(18.17 MB)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 4, 2009 Chapter 8
(14.28 MB)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 9, 2009 Chapter 9
(15.35 MB)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 Chapter 10
(12.52 MB)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 Chapter 11
(13.67 MB)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 Chapter 12
(13.74 MB)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 Chapter 13
(13.59 MB)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 28, 2009 Thank You
(1 MB)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, & the first three books of a series called "Untrue Tales From Beyond Fiction - Recollections of an Alternate Past". Dec 28, 2009