Review: THAT WHICH DOESN'T KILL US . . .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2012
Even if it's the end of the world as we know it, life will still go on.  That's the message in this deceptively simple tale by Jerry W. McKinney, who writes with an uncanny gift for capturing reality in all of its gritty and sometimes garish glory, with a lean yet descriptive style that reaches out and touches your heart while gripping you by the throat.  Sometimes he rips your heart right out of your chest.  In this story, families are not safe when the people around them begin to act "funny".  A boy and his father are at the center of McKinney's moving drama, which employs a zombie apocalypse as a conflict and yet is breathtakingly down to earth.  Events span months rather than days, but the story is narrated in an effortless manner with immense perfection and skill.  This is one of the author's finest creations, and one you cannot easily forget.  A reminder of how fragile our flesh-and-blood existence can be at the best of times.  When everything has changed around us, it might be the only thing we have left.  Or the very thing that threatens us most.  Read this if you love horror, zombies, or just an excellently written story with emotional impact and depth of character.  Read it because if you don't, you will have missed a vital experience.