A Single Girl's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
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Q considered her next few days of teaching. It was easier now she had a full lesson plan for the term. She’d been asked to turn in this incriminating document and had done so with misgivings. Pre-Z, such requests always lead to quiet, serious discussions in Mr Macklin’s office with a witness present, but this time, her plan had been studied and then copied for general distribution.
She thought about that first meeting with Ms Scorbet. The new principal had suggested that live ammunition should wait until the kids were seven. Q had argued that she didn’t want to leave the little ones helpless. Ms Scorbet had told Q they had all the help they could handle, and then said something that filled Q with pride.
The survival rate for the Kindy Koalas and Lethal Littlies was eight times higher than that of the general population.
Q returned to the present, because the present was a gift.
Ooh. That was good. She should write that down.
She borrowed a piece of paper and a pencil from Hannah and wandered to the back of the classroom. She leaned against a wall, ready to enjoy one of her favorite activities. Rabbit watching.
Q had always loved nature.
“Okay, kids,” Rabbit said, strumming. “It’s a dangerous world out there, so listen up.”
Acknowledgments
Thanks to my partner Rob, for his support and understanding. Thanks also to Inga Simpson and Nike Bourke (Sulway) of Olvar Wood, who picked the early manuscript for a Fellowship Award and then helped make a proper book out of it. I'm grateful to my agent, Alex Adsett, for her endless enthusiasm, and my editor, Kylie Mason, for her keen sense of pop culture, continuity and zombie logistics. And to my early readers who were so positive, particularly Seema, Imogen, Nik, Ian and Andrew.
About JT Clay
JT Clay worked in counter-terrorism and law before switching to waste management, which generated much more dinner party debate. People care about rubbish. She now works as a technical writer and looks after her mixed-species family. A Single Girl's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse won a 2010 Olvar Wood Fellowship Award and is her first published novel. She lives in Canberra, which she claims is not as dull as people say, but she is notorious for making things up.
First published by Momentum in 2013
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