Review: Fun, gory short with surprise ending
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2013
Zombie Cruise is twenty five pages long.  Ms. Eldridge paints a gruesome picture of an infected cruise ship packed with zombies.  Brenda, drunk from the night before, wakes up to a little girl in her cabin who begs for help.  Michelle is crying because her mother is very sick.  Brenda follows the little girl back to her cabin and learns her mother has much more than the flu.  Soon zombies stagger about as Brenda and Michelle run through a maze of decks and hallways trying to escape.  A few passengers who weren't infected have a lifeboat station going.  I will not ruin the ending, but it's probably not what you think.My review: I'm already a fan of Ms. Eldridge's and really liked this story.  The details were gory, the pacing was just right, and the effortless transitions never had me wonder where the characters were or where they were going.  Even though it's a short story, the author still managed to give us quite a bit about Brenda's personality.  Ms. Eldridge also knew when to fuse in some humor.  The ending to me was very Freudian.  I would highly recommend this as a fun, short, zombie apocalyptic read. This is a real flesh-eating treat!5/5 Stars