Death Role
We’ll all play a role in the apocalypse. Some of us will live, some will die and a few of us may become lost to our friends and family in the abyss of the spreading plague.
At Crypticon Seattle 2013, I offered fans the opportunity to become characters in my dying world. A location, to set the scene, was drawn from a bag. A roll of a die determined the outcome of the story. The chapters that will follow, all under the “Death Role” category, are the product of this little game.
The stories feature real people in fictional situations with sometimes gruesome result. All characters are used with permission and last names have been withheld for privacy. Enjoy and do forgive minor errors!
Death Role Series
Death Role: Post One, The Barn
Death Role: Post Two, The Brothel
Death Role: Post Three, The Truck Stop
Death Role: Post Four, The Puppet Theater
Death Role: Post Five, The Police Station
Death Role 6, The Roller Skating Rink
Death Role 7, The Palm Reader’s Shop
Death Role 8, The Chinese Herbal Medicine Shop
Death Role 9, The Call Center
Death Role 10, The Beach
Death Role 10, The Beach
August 30, 2014
The Beach Exhausted, Colin stumbled and fell onto the sand. Behind him most of the city burned and what wasn’t […]
Death Role 9, The Call Center
February 17, 2014
The Call Center The endless ringing and the auto-connection of the phone line had already begun to drive Rose crazy. […]
Death Role 8, The Chinese Herbal Medicine Shop
January 9, 2014
The Chinese Herbal Medicine Shop The narrow streets of Chinatown were deserted, save for the occasional walking corpse. Ed navigated […]
Death Role 7, The Palm Reader’s Shop
November 23, 2013
The Palm Reader’s Shop April’s palm reading shop attracted many strange people. She herself was not abnormal or off center, […]
Death Role 6, The Roller Skating Rink
September 9, 2013
The Roller Skating Rink Practice had just ended for Hayley’s roller derby team. The other women unlaced their skates and […]
Death Role: Post Five, The Police Station
August 18, 2013
The Police Station Joe always aspired to be a police officer, but his sight was poor and, according to others, […]
Death Role: Post Four, The Puppet Theater
July 31, 2013
The Puppet Theater The relationship Emmett had with his puppets and marionettes, the closeness, was unlike anything he’d found with […]
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