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    The Zed Word
    The Zed Word
    The Zed Word
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    The Zed Word

    By Kim Knox

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    In a plague-changed world, the dead have become mindless playthings for the living. And Sofie DeWitt isn't a fan of the undead...until she meets Zed.

    Now one zombie is about to show her how far from a plaything he is.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKim Knox
    Release dateJul 23, 2016
    ISBN9781524272630
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      Book preview

      The Zed Word - Kim Knox

      The Zed Word

      The

      Zed

      Word

      Kim Knox

      Copyright © 2016 by

      Kim

      Knox

      All rights reserved.

      First published in SFR Quarterly

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Contents

      1. Zed

      About the Author

      Also by Kim Knox

      Emergence

      Magnetism

      Zed

      With the loud ring of a bell, the door to the shop swung back and hit the wooden stop nailed into the floor. Hit it hard. Sofie winced and rubbed her palms against her thighs. Nettie said she’d only be ten minutes, half an hour tops. Of course, in the time she was away a customer was bound to

      turn

      up

      .

      All right, she could do this. It was probably one of Nettie’s regular clients, here for a not-quite so legal upgrade on their reclaimed flesh. They’d be as nervous as her. More so. Simple.

      Sofie wet her lips and put on her best smile. It was more of a rictus. "The proprietor is currently away from the premises. My name’s Sofie. I’d be happy to help in any way

      I

      can

      ."

      Her explanation was swallowed up by the hard boots of the woman striding into the shop’s small space. The dull light of the afternoon dipped further as the tall form of a reclaimed man blocked the open doorway.

      "Why is it so dark

      in

      here

      ?"

      Sofie jumped to her feet, the action almost automatic at the woman’s barked question. Shit. Someone from the administration. She recognised the voice from official daily broadcasts. Eileen Corsen, commander of the unit that

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