Complacent Capybaras and Other Stories

By Tom Mulkey

COMPLACENT CAPYBARAS AND OTHER STORIES is a collection of three short stories.

"Burial Grounds" features a game hunter, Mr. Grey, who has exceeded his hunting limit and must face the wrath of a terrifying creature of the forest, Lenny. Mr. Grey starts to see the true intentions behind this creature after a ride in his car.

"Patient Zero" is a post-apocalyptic tale of two survivors, Calum and Fletcher, who reminisce about the world before it fell. Calum and Fletch discuss what survivors are nicknaming the apocalypse.

"Complacent Capybaras" views the outbreak of a virus from the perspective of two capybaras. Socks and Laurie are stuck inside their enclosure at a zoo but face little to no impact on their daily life until one day they notice a figure stumbling through the zoo.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tom Mulkey
• Release date: Mar 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463492765

Tom Mulkey

Tom Mulkey is a freelance comics writer. He tends to work in the cyberpunk, sci-fi, and fantasy genres and has aspirations of writing games in VR. He is currently earning his BFA in Creative Writing at Full Sail University. If Tom didn’t hadn't chosen to be a writer, he would have traveled to South America to help conserve the Andean Bears.

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Complacent Capybaras and Other Stories

By Tom Mulkey

Copyright Thomas Rainier Mulkey, 2020

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Information

Table of Contents

Burial Grounds

Patient Zero

Complacent Capybaras

About the Author

Burial Grounds

Mr. Grey, a voice whispered. Mr. Grey, a middle-aged father dressed in a white bathrobe and slippers, did a double take at his mailbox. The only sounds