The In-Crowd By Jon Hartless

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Re: The In-Crowd By Jon Hartless

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... I think Kevin is correct -- the damage to buildings and cars was caused directly by the meteor (a shock wave/fire storm? One would think there might be survivors in the opposite hemisphere in that case ...). Anyone who was outside at the time was probably vaporized or burned beyond the point where reanimation might occur. The zombies were people who were sheltered from the initial effects, but emerged from their places of refuge too soon and succumbed to toxins, heat, whatever, and were then revived by the yellow dust, or who were killed inside buildings, and revived when yellow dust infiltrated through broken windows and ventilation systems. Only the bunker-like, poorly ventilated Arena (in that immediate vicinity) completely protected its occupants from both the initial blast and the yellow dust.<br><br>This story is a black-humor unholy mating between American Psycho (where status, as defined by the elegance of one's business cards and clothing, is worth killing over) and Dawn of the Dead (the recent remake of which is quite good, by the way). While it IS a bit over the top, the transformation of mindless consumers into Mindless Consumers (of anything they can catch) is a lot of fun.
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