Chapter 1 - The Author

Manga, web toons, anime, and comics have become widespread over the years, making a drastic decline on novel readers. Ever since I can remember, I find passion in reading and watching horror related genres especially those relating to the undead. I was a young boy when I first watched my first ever zombie movie, and instead of being terrified I admired the courageous bouts of the characters against undead hordes. The strength they possess to survive a tartarean world full of monsters baffles me, making me wonder how could they even rebuild the lost society from scratch. I have always wondered if I could ever survive in those situations and I didn't think that the fiction and fantasy I have dreamt since I was a child were about would one day come to life.

I made my name in the industry, by writing a famous romance fantasy series. They addressed me as the 'dead author' as one day that very story came to a halt for many months and they presumed I was dead. No one really knew my identity as I have been writing it anonymously. They couldn't get their grasp on the truth behind it all. The answer they have been dreading may not be the best but it was right. I stopped publishing the story as the genre was not the one I was best at, honestly even I am surprised of how I managed to get this far.

Today is 26th of August of the year 2034, I woke up to screams of Nite's girlfriend the woman living with him next door. I ignored it and returned to bed recalling the moment the woman who moved next door five months ago visited me on the day she was moving her stuff. She sternly said to not disturb them even if I hear something coming from their room. The girl moved in with Nite and during those times and they have been going at it and I gradually got accustomed to the noises. It has been thirty minutes since the lurid screaming began, but it wasn't coming from their room anymore, it was coming from outside my apartment. So I ultimately decided to rise from my bed to check what is going on outside.

The sight was unimaginable, I was stunned by the sky that was blood red as columns of smoke spread from the buildings around the city. I immediately pinched my arm to see if I was dreaming, feeling it throb in pain I deduced that this was real. I pulled my window up and leaned to see what is happening on the alley down below. I saw a disheveled man with its eye gouge out, scratches and blood all over him he appears to be murmuring something but I could not decipher what he was saying.

The man didn't seam to be in a good condition to talk but I still called out to the man to ask what was going on. He slowly turned his head around to my direction but he didn't seem to notice that I was above him. I again called out to the man and this time he heard me, he didn't look up and instead he opened his mouth and started shrieking which made me cover my ears, the high pitched sound made me pull the window back down and fell to my knees on the floor then everything went black.

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