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The commute to the shops is not what it used to be.‭ ‬Still at least there are no queues when you get there.‭ ‬Before all you had to worry about on the commute was a bit of traffic or the odd drunk,‭ ‬now your trip to the shops gets a little more serious.‭ ‬The good news is the zombies seem to be slowing down.‭ ‬I guess they‭’‬re running out of humans so they are conserving energy.‭ ‬But they still spring to life when the see fresh meat.‭ ‬I was hidden in an alley when two of them‭ ‬shuffled in behind me.‭ ‬The moment they saw me they started running,‭ ‬no pause, no‭ ‬surprise, no hey look there is one of those meat bags that used to be all over this city.‭ ‬There wasn‭’‬t even a split second of confusion in unison‭ ‬they went for me.‭ ‬I barely got out alive.‭ ‬Still I made it back in one piece with a backpack full of cans.‭ ‬I think I have enough food to last for a few weeks.‭

Journal entry three.‭ ‬Don‭’‬t go crazy.

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I‭’‬m hiding in a two story house which has plenty of trees and bushes around it to keep anyone from seeing me.‭ ‬It‭’‬s not a bad spot and the previous owners must have left in a hurry as there is a little food and clothes left in the house.‭ ‬I have started barricading the doors and windows as much as possible.‭ ‬I don‭’‬t want to use a hammer and nails as I am afraid the noise will attract the Zombies.‭ ‬I don‭’‬t really know the city well but that what I get for being on holidays at the end.‭ ‬So far I have been able to run from every Zombie I‭’‬ve seen but that can‭’‬t last I am eventually going to run out of food and so I will need to start venturing out more and more.‭ ‬I thought I heard‭ ‬some people talking earlier but when went to look there was no one around.‭ ‬I think I‭’‬m better off alone anyway I always think other people only slow you down.‭ ‬I always feel if anyone is going to get me killed I would rather it was me.‭ ‬I think it would be a bad way to go knowing if only you hadn‭’‬t relied on this other person the door would have been closed properly or you would never have blindly run into dead end alley.‭ ‬I know as a rule they say humans were not meant to live alone but I guess there is an exception to every rule.‭ ‬That‭’‬s me the exception.‭ ‬I‭’‬m the person who turned up at a bus tour the day the world ended and sat in the tour office for two hours oblivious to the fact the city was tearing itself apart around me.‭ ‬And at the end of the day I am just annoyed that no one showed up who could give me a refund.

‭ Journal entry two. Don’t go crazy.

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I had the same dream again last night the same dream I have had every night since this happened.‭ ‬I‭’‬m in a dark room with only one source of light.‭ ‬A candle in the distance but the more I move towards the light the‭ ‬further the light seems to get from me until eventually it disappears and I wake up screaming.‭ ‬Life after the end of the world is not exactly a piece of cake in general but throw in sleep deprivation and you enter a whole new world of hell.‭ ‬You spend all‭ ‬day afraid of zombies and all night afraid of your own mind,‭ ‬but that‭’‬s why I have decided to write this journal.‭ ‬Maybe if I can get some of my fears out of my head it might make this life bearable.‭ ‬And I guess after the end of the world,‭ ‬bearable is as good as it gets.

Journal entry one.‭ ‬Don‭’‬t go crazy.