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Eating: The Breakdown of a Family

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he Markson family is dealing with a personal apocalypse when the world plunges into its own zombie infested one.  Zoe is set to graduate high school in a few short weeks, but the celebration is bitter sweet.  She comes home everyday to her mother being whittled away at by the cancer that is spreading through her body.  Her friends stopped coming around after the diagnosis, and Zoe's only confidant is her brother, Carl, who has his own unique way of dealing with emotions.  After school one-day things go from bad to worse.  The dead are rising and the world is falling.  Thankfully, the Markson family is prepared in weaponry  and skill.  Zoe sharpens her throwing knives, Carl pulls a banshee bat out of no where, her father polishes the guns, and her mother slows them down. This tale celebrates human frailty.  Between the blood and guts there is family and sacrifices.  There is evil and there is insanity.  The past comes back to haunt, and the future looks bleak.  But is there hope?All Rights Reserved

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