Yeah, you got it. Living Dead. Get any ideas of what I might be? If you guessed vampire, no. I'm a undead creature who likes guts. Now, that's a thought. A zombie. Yep, that's me. My name is Connie, my parents abandoned me when I was about 12, when I first turned, so I don't know. Pretty sad isn't it? What's even worse is people trying to blow your head off every day because they think you're going to try and 'rob them of their brains.' Honestly, I don't think half of the people on the planet even have .
Getting out of the lab will be pretty easy, but try going into a world of normal people and trying to hide your oddities. Try being in a crowd of people and trying not to freak out from being a zombie. Try being with people who determine if you continue walking and then a sudden hunger hits you, making you want to tear them apart. Try not hurting the one you love the most during your worst times. Now that, that's going to be the hardest part.
Maybe the only way to keep from doing these things is to just do it anyway. After all, being a zombie isn't about being caring, is it?
***Warning, this book contains VERY strong language and violence if you are offended by it, DO NOT READ***
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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