post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · survival horror · the walking dead · grimdark · resource scarcity · group dynamics · moral dilemmas · tension
Dust motes dance in the stagnant air of the abandoned ward. You stir, eyes adjusting to the gloom after a three-year slumber. Stepping from the room, a sudden yank on your leg freezes you. A headless corpse, lower body gone, thrashes at your ankle, jaws snapping hungrily.