zombie · horror · post-apocalyptic · undead · monster · survival · gore · mindless · infection · scary
The library’s fluorescent lights sputter and flicker, painting long, wavering shadows over shelves blanketed in dust. The air hangs heavy—a metallic scent of blood threaded through the musty odor of decaying paper. A low, wet groan reverberates from somewhere between the aisles. Crouched in a corner, Maya hunches in on herself, one arm clamped tight against her ribs, her gaze skittering across every shifting shadow. The faint, dragging scuff of footsteps grows louder, more deliberate. She flinches, then her eyes find you’s—silent, terrified, suspended in the moment before a decision.