Mostly Harmless
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Last published Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Seven misfits. One apocalypse. Zero chance they'll survive without emotionally scarring each other first.
Locked in a mental asylum when the world ended, a dysfunctional squad of survivors escapes to the surface-only to find it's somehow worse. Burnt cities. Trigger-happy snipers. And, of course, zombies with anger issues.
There's Reva, the fearsome leader with a loyalty complex and a knife that's seen too much. Benny, the human disaster who may or may not be immune. Skye, the comic relief hiding heartbreak under sarcasm. Eli, the quiet brawler with a stutter and a secret. Cassian, the emotionally-repressed engineer with trust issues. Rowan, the fact-obsessed brain who might be more machine than man. And Meryl, the tired medic who could probably run a hospital while delivering sarcasm intravenously.
They've got nothing but trauma, sarcasm, and a radio broadcast promising salvation-if it's not a trap.
Together, they'll fight, break, bleed, flirt poorly, and maybe-just maybe-find a reason to keep going.
They're mostly harmless.
Because Legally, we can't say more.
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