Creation of the Living Dead: The Z-Day Trilogy

By Mark Cusco Ailes

Before the concept of a zombie park was conceived, there was Creation of the Living Dead.

Ted Hollman, the son of Professor Nicholas and Kathy Hollman, has a plan more ingenuous than his parents. Instead of creating a legion of zombies and zombiefied animals for a small zombie park, he wants to build a massive zombie theme park on a remote island.  He believes he cracked the formula for making the perfect smart zombie soldiers which his parents failed to achieve.  He leaves the United States for an island that his backers purchased where he can continue his parent’s research. The mystery of where the bodies came from that were made into zombies for the zombie park will be revealed.

The bridge between the novels Zombie Park and Zombie World has arrived.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Weekland Press
• Release date: Mar 31, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524243807

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Chapter One

General Wilbur Poe found himself hard-pressed to keep the gnashing teeth and fingernails at bay. He fell heavily onto his back as the zombie tackled him, and his sidearm went flying from his grip, clattering to the pavement behind him. The two struggled for a short while, neither gaining an edge. The zombie, frustrated with its prey, leaned in close and roared point-blank in General Poe’s face. He abruptly awoke from his nightmarish hell, sweat streaming down his face. He looked around the room in a panic. He wiped his brow with his blanket and got out of bed. He was sleeping restlessly these days. He had a test taking place in a few hours involving his newly created smart zombies. The government had poured millions of dollars of taxpayer’s hard earned money into the smart zombie program, and he wanted to prove it was going to revolutionize the way wars would be fought in the future.

He recalled the nightmare he just had. It seemed so real, as if he was really there. He remembered standing amongst his creations, watching as they devoured the enemy without flinching or showing any sign of weakness. He watched as flesh was being torn away from bone, appendages being removed with no anesthetic, and entrails being removed and devoured in a feeding frenzy. It was the way war was supposed to be fought–by eating the enemy alive. It was the only sure method to use to make sure your enemy suffered for their crimes against humanity.

General Poe never used to be so uncaring about people; he had grown tired of the constant attacks on the American people. He had become tired of watching terrorists behead people and nothing being done to put an end to it. All he could think about now was finding a sure way of protecting America and its citizens against the terrorists who threatened them on a daily basis. He was done worrying about all of it. It was now time to make crucial changes, and his smart zombie program would accomplish it.

When he had first approached President Thomas Andrews about the program, he shot it down without hearing all the details. He had then turned to Gerald Thornton, the President’s advisor, who convinced the president the program was solid and had the potential to finally put an end to terrorism.

Professors Nicholas and Kathy Hollman had been hired to develop the serum that would be used to create the smart zombies, who would be used to destroy the terrorists groups. Their son, Ted, had also come on board after putting his obligations on hold to assist his parents, who bickered and fought over how the serum was going to be developed. Unbeknownst to General Poe, this would be the Hollman’s final test. They planned on getting a divorce once they had created the serum.

Ted had become tired of hearing them argue over every little detail. It was causing all their tests to fail, costing the government more of the taxpayer’s money than it was willing to invest.

Only because of the perseverance of General Poe had the White House continued to finance the program, but they wanted results and they wanted them yesterday.

To save money on paying volunteers to be injected with the current serum, the general had sent his specialized team to search for the undesirable people living on the streets and were now using them as human guinea pigs. He felt no remorse over this decision; he knew nobody would notice or even care.

Everything seemed to be progressing on schedule until the day of the first test. The results were nothing like they expected.

Chapter Two

Carlton, you have to hold him down! screamed Professor Nicholas Hollman. I’m not going to be able to inject him with the serum if you don’t.

Carlton Ross was in charge of the operations concerning all newly created zombies. Thus far, he had one in the back area of the lab locked in a cage. It had been their first mishap, almost taking a healthy bite from his neck. They all had learned a great deal from the first zombie created at