A Tale of a Tomato Zombie

By Karen Henderson

Tomato Zombie, TZ for short, had always dreamed of ripening into the bestest ever cherry tomato so that he could be part of Mama Jo's famous spaghetti sauce. Unfortunately, the Spaghetti Moss Zombie had other plans. He wanted the little tomato for himself as a new zombie to do his bidding. Determined to stay pure and true, TZ escaped and looked for help among the garden gnomes and from the Gates of Wisdom and Freedom. Follow along as TZ makes new friends, braves the perils of the backyard, and travels to a distant island and battles the shell king.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781636301143

Karen Henderson

Karen Henderson is retired. She began carving in 1998 and enjoys a variety of types of carving, such as caricatures, bark, and especially spoons. She teaches carving and enjoys sharing her ideas with other woodcarvers at a weekly gathering of carvers during the winter. Karen lives in St. Francis, Minnesota.

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A Tale of a Tomato Zombie

Story and Illustrations by

Karen Henderson

ISBN 978-1-63630-113-6 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-63630-114-3 (Digital)

Copyright © 2020 Karen Henderson

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Table of Contents

Preface

The Beginning

Imprisoned and Caged

Meeting the Gnomes

A New Name

Weapons Training

Command from Friends

Gates of Wisdom and Freedom

ID Confirmed

Beyond the Gates

Stranded on Deserted Island

TZ and the Shell King

About the Author

Preface

Several years ago, my husband and I had planted several varieties of tomatoes and were looking forward to enjoying the fruits of our labor. Sunday morning of Memorial Day weekend, we discovered that a bug had gotten to the cherry tomatoes and had begun eating one of the perfectly round light-green tomatoes. To our surprise, the bug had left what appeared to be two eyes, a mouth, and a scar on the face. Our imaginations ran wild, and with some fun use of craft supplies, Tomato Zombie was born.

Since we didn’t have plans for the afternoon, we decided to snap some pictures of our little zombie roaming the yard. With more free time on Monday, we decided that Tomato Zombie needed to continue his adventure along the shores of Fernandina Beach, Florida. And so he did.

The Beginning

Once upon a time, there was a little cherry tomato who only wanted to grow up to be part of Mama Jo’s bestest ever spaghetti sauce. Sadly, that was not to be, for out of the moss came an evil curse—the dreaded Spaghetti Moss Zombie. He forced the little tomato to drink the hot and spicy drink of millions of crushed tomatoes until he became a tomato zombie! The little tomato could feel himself changing with each gulp. He felt so strange. His head felt like it was on fire, and he could feel himself growing. How can this be? he thought. How did the Spaghetti Moss Zombie do it? He had given the little tomato arms, legs, and a body! The