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As his eyes grew stern and his neck creaked, I felt a change in his body, and the gloom of displeasure enveloped me. “Too many of the young, don’t know of sin. Too many of the young don’t know of hell” he said in tired frustration, long bore and firmly embedded. I never found out his name. He remained at camp for several days, and then was gone
Gently entering through the door, the smell of decay hit me again. The air of sickness was vomit inducing and the low light sources which had been activated on each wall, flickered and buzzed casting menacing shadows, that loomed large as I moved.
Shortly after the fall, there were bands of men and women who had rejected the Valve, they came clawing and fighting. Skin hanging off their bones, and as they slowly decayed so too did their will to fight en masse. They settled, retreated to the dark corners of the city and now they exist there as the walking dead

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'An intriguing premise that leaves you questioning up to the last page'

J.C.C Ross is an English author specialising in creating unique, engaging and human cantered stories heavily based within science fiction and horror. Having had an interest in these two genres since childhood, he weaves them together effortlessly along with ideas of dystopia and cataclysm. These stories, whilst fantastic, root deep in the human experience, allowing the reader to relate to the situations and places of the characters.

Currently studying for a degree in the classics and creative writing, he also works within mental health and when not working, studying or writing he can be found out in the spectacular English countryside on walks or enjoying the wonderful beer on offer at his local.