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by AliceMoonvale
The sky keeps bleeding.Zombies wander the streets mumbling to themselves. But Lindsay is doing just fine! She has a nice house, plenty of friends who enjoy meat just as much as she does, and a cute diary covered in stickers to help keep her sane while towns die and cities are bombed. Sure, people keep accusing her of strange things and seem scared of her.And yeah, the dead listen when she talks sometimes. But that doesn’t mean something is wrong with her. Everyone else is the problem. Book 1 of 3 Complete.Sequel: This Is How They Died (coming later this year!) Official publication by AliceMoonvale. This novel is only available on: Royal Road, Wattpad, and NovelDay. If you encounter this story elsewhere, it has likely been reproduced without my permission.
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