Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn’t found a reason to live by the end of the day she would jump from the rig. It felt good to have a plan.
Adam BakerMots clés fiction science-fiction horror survival thriller zombie zombies
The operating table was empty.
'Where's he gone?' demanded Jane.
'he didn't leave a note,' said Rye
you know,' said Jane, 'for a while there I thought we would be okay.
Adam BakerA slow dragging sound from below the walkway.
'i don't think we're alone down here,'said Punch
They say a happy childhood is a lousy preparation for life. Kids who spend their playground days fat, ginger or gay know the truth. The world has always been full of vicious predators. For plenty of people this carnage and savagery is business as usual.
Adam BakerMots clés life childhood gay zombies
I read a lot of travel books before I came here. Fantasised what it would be like. I read Scott’s journal. Those last entries as they froze to death in that tent. ‘Had we lived, I should have made a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.’ I got totally caught up in the romance.”
“Scott was a self-aggrandising dick.
Mots clés travel
They say a happy childhood is a lousy preparation for life. Kids who spend their playground days fat, ginger or gay know the truth.
Adam BakerMots clés childhood
I’m going to miss you, girls,” he told the plants.
“You have names for them?” croaked Jane.
“This is Beatrice.”
“You’re not really a people person, are you?”
“Humans piss me off.
Mots clés greens
Thing is, what does a hero look like these days? Muscles and lycra? Life isn’t a contest of strength anymore. Jobs, banks, taxes. Boring social reality.
Adam BakerMots clés hero-worship
But imagine if we were the only people left. The last men on earth. I’d be the best golfer in the world right now. You’d be the only priest. And Ghost would be the only Sikh. Imagine that. A four-hundred-year religion terminating in a dope-head grease monkey.”
“I thought you liked the bloke.”
“I do. But think about it. All the people that made you feel worthless and small down the years. The bullies and bosses. All gone. It’s exhilarating, if you think about it. Freedom from other people’s expectations. We can finally start living for ourselves.
Mots clés all-gone
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