Melody Jones always felt like no one was listening, even when she took extra strength to shake the words from her mouth, nothing changed much. Nothing made her life easy, though not much was wrong. As nervous as she always was, she continues to breathe like something will change, and she is correct.. she meets the man next door. A confident, protective mature adult who is willing to do what it takes to make her laugh, even if it is an awful cheesy joke, and he breathes like there is no tomorrow. He was the man she has always dreamed of, he was the best friend she never had.. but little does she know this man has a lot more to tell then what he's saying..and Melody always wondered who wrote the book on love, and she was beginning to feel she did, and just as it seemed great, she wondered who wrote the book on Goodbyes, and she is thinking he did.

The innocent are often the first to suffer in the face of evil. There is good however in unexpected places, but the consequences of another's actions will haunt the memories of an entire generation...

Ava is en route to reunite with her sister and her previously normal life. Unfortunately, when she gets there, something she is not expecting awaits to test her control. This short story shows the fragility and strength of the human mind and asks us the age-old question, should we dare to be optimistic or accept the confines of what we are seemingly capable of?

In an empty world fifteen year old Ben struggles to survive, surrounded by infected humans their only aim in life is to feed on living flesh. Almost out of food and water Ben must leave the safety of his house he shares with his mother in search of supplies, but Ben has another reason to leave his home.