My Full Contact Zombie Experience

As many of you will know, I write about, and edit, stories based on the Zombie genre. Not something I planned to do, but it just happened. I’m also a bit of a ‘what would I do in that situation?’ and I was – and still am – positive that I wouldn’t be as chronically useless as the ‘survivors’ of shows such as The Walking Dead. I can almost hear the screams of horror now. That’s right, they’re useless. Suck it fan boys (and girls).

Recently I, and a number of friends, went to a Zombie Boot Camp. We were promised a “full contact kinetic experience”. My wife, God bless her, had been trying to organise the event for months as part of my 40th birthday celebrations.

Being a modern man, most of my friends are scattered to the winds, and it was a logistical nightmare to get everyone (including…