title: There Are No Zombies in America
author:  Robert Holt 
description: Robert Holt is a writer of dark fiction ranging from children's books to splatterpunk. He lives with his wife and daughter in St. Louis Missouri.
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  DEAD AMERICA: THE SECOND WEEK
  
  BOOK 10
  
  PORTLAND PT. 2
  
  BY DEREK SLATON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > CHAPTER ONE
  
  Day zero +12
  
  A zombie staggered through the dank water, skin bulbous and swollen from being
  in the sewers for so long. Zion raised his crowbar and jabbed it through the
  forehead, punching it through easily. The corpse fell back against the side of
  the drainage tunnel, finally at peace.
  
  “When I thought zombies couldn’t be any grosser,” Dawn muttered as she passed
  the waterlogged corpse. “This is heinous.”
  
  Calvin shrugged. “Oh, I don’t know, it could be worse.”
  
  “I thought we agreed never to say those words,” she shot back, and they shared
  a chuckle.
  
  “Fair enough,” he replied, putting up a hand. “I’m just saying I enjoy
  clearing a few zombies out of a drainage tunnel rather than facing a horde in
  the city.”
  
  She nodded as she thought about it. “Agreed. I take it back. Heinous it is.”
  
  “A few could easily turn into a horde, though,” Zion piped up. “That’s why we
  need to 