Lisa’s Story: Zombie Apocalypse – Prologue

Thursday

I scratched my legal name off the new schedule and wrote in Lisa. The scheduling system was supposed to be able to handle “nicknames” but after an hour my manager had given up figuring out how it worked. It wasn’t that big of deal. All my co-workers knew my legal name but were good about not using it.

A co-worker and I fangirled about the new Marvel movie during our breaks. I trained a new employee on the register. She caught on fast and after an hour I barely had to help her. Got one person to sign up for the store’s credit card. Restocked the ladies feature racks. Clocked out on time.

On the bus ride home, I saw a Facebook post about a man attacking people at a hospital. The local newspaper’s website didn’t have a story about it yet.

Lisa’s Story is a story posted weekly about a trans woman trying to survive in a zombie apocalypse.  Look for new chapters every Monday.  To celebrate starting this new series, I will be posting “Chapter One” early on Wednesday.

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Serial Story: Lisa’s Story: Zombie Apocalypse

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Part One

Part One now complete.  Part Two release to be determined.

About Lisa’s Story: Zombie Apocalypse

Lisa is a trans woman. She knows what it’s like to be on guard around people but this is a whole new level. The dead have started walking and killing the living. What will she do to survive? Can she trust other survivors? When is the right time to disclose your trans status in a zombie apocalypse?

Author’s Note: As a trans woman and zombie movie watcher, I sometimes wondered, “Where are all the LGBT people? Especially trans people. I’ve seen a few gay guys and lesbians but hardly any trans people in zombies stories. As a trans woman this bothered me because I wholly intend to survive the zombie apocalypse. This story was born out of a desire to have something centered on a trans woman fighting zombies even if I had to write it myself.

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Scientist of Death #1

Author note: I am going to be posting more “issues” of this story but it won’t be on a weekly basis. Next week starts the run of Lisa’s Story: Zombie Apocalypse on Mondays. S.O.D #2 may come out the following week on Wednesday and bi-weekly after that but no promises.

Retail at Christmas time is a special kind of hell. On it’s own retail is hell but when the holidays come around it’s like dropping further down a couple of levels into the pit. The crush of people who can’t put a shirt back on a hanger or pick up the toys their kids have scattered or read the signs listing our holiday hours.

And the questions they ask:

“Do you have this in a medium?” I will burn you where you stand with my laser death ray for not understanding the overly simple ordering of the small, medium, large clothing racks… I mean,*smile*, let me check for you.

“Do you have a dressing room?” I will turn you into an ice sculpture with my ice death ray. No, we force everyone to guess their size and engage in a lengthy buy, return, and buy in different size cycle… I mean, *smile*, it’s right there to the left behind the purses.

Not that I would kill or maim anyone. I’ve hung up my death rays and locked away my powered armor with kung fu grip. I have a simple life with a simple plan: Don’t make waves, just live out your life as an ordinary woman. It’s complicated by two facts: I am– was a super villain and I’m a trans woman.

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