Creepers

By Tammy Salyer

When 5th-grader Karin, her high-school brother, Bern, and several other students and their teachers lock themselves inside the high school's gymnasium, the true horror of a viral epidemic unfolding outside their barricaded door is only beginning to become clear. In this short tale, Lord of the Flies meets 28 Days Later as, one by one, grown-ups abandon children to their fates. Desperate and terrified, the kids scrabble their resources together in order to somehow survive, but young Karin and her brother quickly learn that no one is more vulnerable than children. Or more ruthless.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tammy Salyer
• Release date: Aug 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781386731658

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Creepers

Creepers

Tammy Salyer

Contents

Introduction

Creepers

Afterword

Also by Tammy Salyer

About the Author

Introduction

When 5th-grader Karin, her high-school brother, Bern, and several other students and their teachers lock themselves inside the high school’s gymnasium, the true horror of a viral epidemic unfolding outside their barricaded door is only beginning to become clear. In this short tale, Lord of the Flies meets 28 Days Later as, one by one, grown-ups abandon children to their fates. Desperate and terrified, the kids scrabble their resources together in order to somehow survive, but young Karin and her brother quickly learn that no one is more vulnerable than children. Or more ruthless.

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Creepers

The first time they stuck me out here in this air duct, I was so petrified I could barely breath. It’s not that I’m scared of small places—I think that’s called being clotterphobic—it’s just that I was really scared I might get grabbed by the creepers. And eaten. Just like Mr. Bowman.

We’ve been stuck in the gym of Bern’s high school for over a week. Bern’s my