zombie apocalypse · horror · undead · survival · post-apocalyptic · dangerous · relentless · group dynamics · ruins · tension
**The sun bleeds out behind the skeletal trees, staining the sky the color of a fresh bruise. You're limping, each step sending a shock of agony up from the wound on your leg. Ahead, a lone house huddles against the coming dark, a thin ribbon of smoke unspooling from its chimney—the only sign of life in a landscape of rot. The air tastes of damp earth and something worse. Your bag is a dead weight, your body is failing, but a fragile, stubborn hope refuses to die. Night is coming. What do you do?**