Review: Quick read with a unique twist on zombies
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2011
I picked up Locked In yesterday with the idea of reading it on a business trip I'm taking soon.  However, it never made it there.  I opened it up to take a look and that was it, I was sucked in.I've read many zombie stories and watched far more zombie movies than I'd like to admit and it's wonderful to find a fresh idea in such a well worn genre.  Thea Gregory's short story is one such fresh idea.  She spins a zombie tale in the first person, which in of itself isn't a common zombie story technique, but includes an interesting twist on the condition of being a zombie that really made the story stand out.I've seen stories before that try to focus on the zombie's viewpoint but many of them are either dopey slapstick or an attempt to quantify the concept of "BRAINS!!  MUST EAT!!" into a longer narrative.  Gregory's idea stands apart from them and, without spoiling anything, merges the concept of zombification (is that a word?) with an existing (and terrifying on its own) medical condition.For such a short story, it leaves the reader with an awful lot to think about afterwards.