Elaine.
She was calling for me.
Body aching, I jumped up, feeling like I had aged a hundred years. I walked around, begging, “Where are you?”
“The ocean,” she said, words echoing. “Find me there. Please. I miss you. I love you.”
A new energy filled me. I used a stick as a cane and walked into the ocean and swam off. Something was coming for me...something up ahead. Whatever it was got closer...faster and faster. It was her. Elaine. Smiling over the water...coming at me like a torpedo.
I opened my arms and embraced her. Kissed her.
Mine forever. Finally.
Finally.
The Zombie Hunter's Bible
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“A wry and erudite tome that belongs on the shelf of every dedicated Zombie Hunter!”
-John McLean
Writer/Director of Z: A ZOMBIE MUSICAL
WARNING
This book is a work of fiction. The information contained within these pages is for entertainment purposes only.
CONTENTS
Preface – Understanding the Zombie
PART ONE
Preparation
The Professional Hunter of THE UNDEAD
Ethics – the hunter’s code
A history of hunting
Types
The Legends
Mistakes
The future
The Unsafe Zombie
Ethics – the zombie code
A history of eating
Zombie types
Legends
Training
Skills
Dieting
Weapons
Exercising
Creating your Practice Zombie
Tool Kit
Things you need
Things you don’t need
Dress code
Choosing the Sidekick
Skills
Attitude
Health
Vomiting
The Sidekick’s Code
Pay rate
Insurance
Sample application
Orientation sheet
PART TWO
The Journey & The Hunt
On the Road
Vehicle
Rest stops, Allowed
Sleep
Foods
The authorities: “Lies & Diversions”
Searching the Zombie
Undead clues
Trapping the Zombie
Creating Zombie traps
Containing the zombie
Obtaining the zombie “sample”
Disposal
Fight
Proper Zombie Calling
Proper Human Identification
The FEAR of killing
Fighting against a zombie and/or his parts
Forms of Zombie Attack, or: HOW THEY TRICK YOU
Attack Strategies:
—Against single zombie
—Against zombie groups
Zombie decomposition, Results from
Proper ‘Weaponry Transplant’ procedures
Hunting in Zombie Infested Territories
Forests
Deserts
Cemeteries
Houses
Mansions
Churches
Supermarkets
Bathrooms
Boats
Mountains
Shopping malls
Cabins
Food
What is starvation?
How to properly cook a zombie*
Illness
Unleashing your bodily waste
Proper fecal matter disposal
Proper urine & fecal matter locations
The perils of bodily waste consumption
Sexual intercourse
Choosing the right zombie
Protection
Cleaning up
How Zombies View our Dimension
Disguising Yourself As A Zombie
Rewards & Tribulations
Moaning, Walking, and Eating
A Zombie’s Fashion Sense
How to Develop your Sense of Hearing
Living Dead Animals
Persona
IF YOU ARE BITTEN
A Philosophical theory
Going Home
Transporting your zombie
Surprising stops
Police avoidance
Properly walking your zombie toward your home
Handling the Neighbors with Love
—The Female Orgasm
Creating your very own Zombie Storage Facility
Tools & necessities
PART THREE
Benefits
The Zombie Employee
Maids
Personal Bather
Security guards
On Selling
Where to sell your zombie
What is a good set-price?
The Smart Seller or How not to get scammed
APPENDIX
Zombie Transformation Agencies
Zombie Recipes
Retirement
Preface
THIS MANUAL is written for the novice interested in becoming a Professional Hunter of The Living Dead. They will learn tips, tricks, and tactics which have served countless experts throughout the centuries. Veteran huntsmen will also benefit from this book, sure to find a plethora of useful information they may have forgotten or never knew existed.
The contents of this book were obtained through conversations and outings with an actual zombie hunter only to be known as “Barbara”. Zombies discussed in this book are of the undead nature. The zombie is: A reanimated cadaver. Following the death of the body, the corpse is brought back from the dead by supernatural means. The body’s sole intention then becomes the consumption and eradication of the living.
Viral-infected bodies will be analyzed and respected, but will not be emphasized. These bodies have not died, therefore are NOT zombies. These people are merely sick, and in need of immediate medical attention. The living dead mentioned in this book will carry all of the following traits:
1. A risen corpse – regardless of years deceased as long as skull is intact (it is possible to experience a “Skeletal Zombie”)
2. Has an intense hunger for flesh (human or animal, male or female)
3. Has no memory of former self and of loved ones
4. No memory of proper etiquette habits
5. The inability to run
6. No sense of self worth; possibly depressed
7. Suddenly possessing short bursts of speed and/or surprising strength
8. Feels no love toward babies or any age group (the zombie’s primary emotion is malice – especially toward the elderly)
9. Demise only by complete brain annihilation
10. The zombie is not a racist
The Zombie Hunter’s Bible will instruct you on slaying, finding, capturing, feeding, grooming, and hurting the zombie. The goal of any zombie hunter is a clear one: To find and capture and/or hurt the Undead without becoming one of them. To become successful in any trade, one must adhere to all procedures and become a wealth of knowledge on said profession. Only then can she or he rectify any sort of unexpected problem.
The above applies gravely to all hunters of the li
ving dead. A knowing hunter stays a living hunter. It is this book’s wish that you eventually learn on your own – learn new tips, new tricks, and new tactics – and teach those behind you. Knowledge kept within is wasted Education. The teachings in this guide are relatively simple to learn, yet wonderfully effective. Many have argued them to be the most important lessons in the world. Hunters who have followed these rules have moved on to become successful artists, writers, actors, and lovers.
Remember to constantly baffle the zombie.
Remember to harass their brain matter.
And above all else, believe in them.
Because they believe in you.
—RCH
PART ONE
Preparation
The Professional Hunter of THE UNDEAD
Ethics
Without morals, the zombie hunter is no greater than a member of the undead. The hunter must be a saint in spirit: Courteous, grateful, loving. Those with unclean hearts must not hunt the living dead. They do so with ulterior motives, tainted with wickedness, resulting in (as history has shown) human casualties, a ruined hunt, and an emotionally scarred sidekick. Being on a hunt for a prolonged period of time will result in hostile behavior between Hunter & Sidekick due to the eventual lack of sustenance, confines in foreign surroundings, and work stress.
Respect your sidekick. DO NOT let them be murdered by a zombie. You are responsible for their education and their safety. If you find him/her in dire struggle with a member of the living dead, save them regardless of emotional ties. You are both on the field to do a job. When it is completed, only then are you both allowed to go your separate ways and express the intense feelings you feel toward each other.
Most important of all – an ethical teaching rather difficult for many to learn: See yourself as an equal to the zombie.
You and the zombie are brothers of war. When you fight, do so with courage and honor. The ego must be left behind before going into combat with a zombie. Being too proud – underestimating your opponent or not consulting your sidekick – can lead to misjudgment…and death. When destroying the undead, one frees them. For every zombie killed via head-annihilation, an angel gets his wings.
In the end, forgive the zombie, for they know not what they do.
They are babies.
Evil babies.
A History of Hunting
Information relating to the first zombie hunters dates back to caveman days. Filipino archaeologists in 1979 discovered two cave paintings, depicting surprised men and women mingling (or brawling) with strange humanoid creatures, later determined by the archaeologists, unanimously, to be zombies. One painting shows a caveman, holding back a prehistoric zombie with a sharp stick. In another, a cavewoman throws a big rock over the living dead, breaking its head. The cavewoman stares at the brain. She does not know what to do.
It was the Filipinos who made a startling revelation, writing an immediate article to the scientific journal The Filipina Scientist:
“You will find, in these crude cave paintings, utmost proof that not only did zombies exist in caveman times, but our own ancestors knowingly ate brain, and unknowingly ate putrid, zombie brain matter, tainting the bloodlines of all races for ever and ever. Amen.”
—Dario Fumoria, Lead Archeologist
The article was immediately sent back to the archeologists in a stained envelope with the word “NO” written on it in large letters. The article – although surprisingly short at forty-four words – failed to mention that the zombie’s “brain matter” only takes effect, if indeed eaten, after the consumer’s death. Not having their article published did nothing but put them in a mild depression and later force them to continue their research – which included analyzing the cave paintings and doing routine “stain tests” on the walls of various caves.
Mr. Fumoria named the brave man and woman in the paintings Cake and Rainbow, after his own children. He vowed to keep searching for more paintings involving Cake and Rainbow, traveling the world in the name of archeology – from France to Germany, to Afghanistan to North Dakota. Eventually, he found himself in India, where he died painfully from a mysterious Foot & Mouth disease. In September 19th of 2oo2, eyewitnesses reported that government officials raided his home in North Dakota and hauled large paintings, covered by blankets, into a black van. These officials burned his house down while drinking wine.
The paintings discovered by Mr. Fumoria were never seen again. In a recent interview on The View, his associates now claim that he drugged them and did “sexy things” to them and put them under hypnosis, making them believe they were cave paintings of zombies. Cake and Rainbow were never seen in any other paintings or comic books.
Hunters appeared during the following decades in texts and illustrations from all over the globe. We give thanks and praise to these brave women and men who have put their lives on the line to save humanity from the living dead.
Many of them have been wrongfully accused of being in cahoots with the undead, blamed on many occasions for “conjuring” zombies for the sole purpose of charging villages ridiculous fees to vanquish them. Zombie hunters were (and still are) feared for their peculiar occupation. Throughout history, we have learned that people dread what they don’t understand.
They question a hunter’s motivations, methods, and mental status. It wasn’t (and still isn’t) surprising to find hunters burned or hung for insanity by the church. More often than not, this was done out of haste, resulting in the loss of many innocent lives and animal suicides.
Today we find them in mental institutions and high security prisons, where they are ridiculed and humiliated and raped to no end. It is advised that hunters perform their noble deeds in secrecy for fear of prosecution.
Types
Zombie hunters come in all shapes and sizes and colors. They all have different styles and strategies – all of which, if studied with a critical eye, can prove quite beneficial on or off the field. The following is a critique of the four most popular Hunter personalities.
They are not recommended.
The Shy Hunter
Hunters of a quiet nature are the most patient. His determination is much admired by all. He will wait in the bushes, holding his weapon close to heart…waiting, surveying the terrain for any sort of movement.
Unfortunately, this hunter is timid.
If terror happens to creep up behind him, the shy hunter has been observed to leap up in fright and shriek in a female tone and run away with amazing speed. If ever abandoned in such a manner, the sidekick is not allowed to leave the area. She or he must convince him or herself that this is a learning experience and complete the hunt thoroughly.
The Mad Hunter
Many who attempt to hunt the dead have taken an angry persona. The belief is that if one is overwhelmed with hate towards the undead, one will be inspired to “stand his ground” and finish the hunt. It is a forceful way of thinking. Many a hunter have found this style useful, more often than not reporting sudden feats of strength while under pressure during an attack. In one case, a hunter was seen lifting up the front of a car to free his sidekick, who was pinned underneath, and crying.
However, these individuals are prone to suicidal tendencies. A 1969 Hawaiian survey concluded that 9 out of 10 Angry Hunters admitted to cutting their forearms with facial and leg razors for attention. It is a cry for help. They sit, yoga-style and light candles while listening to miserable music. The marks they dig into their skin are always shallow in depth and disturbing in shape. Many make happy faces and carve words such as Hello and Cube.
However, the smart ones disfigure their thighs so no one can see. Beware the wise cutter. This branch of saddened, Angry Hunter wallows in self-pity and cares not for attention.
They must be feared because they cut their arms daily while in a weeping phase. They can also be identified by their continuous repetition of “Come in with the elk, come in with the elk, come in with the elk.” In such instances, the sidekick must stay away and r
eport them to the local authorities at all costs due to mental reasons.
The Fast Hunter
Works at an incredible speed due to impatience, usually resulting in sloppiness and death. The job is done, but at what cost? The sidekicks of such impulsive hunters have been seen completing the hunt and burying their mentors in shallow graves, leading to grief, loneliness, contemplation, and in some cases…cannibalism.
The Slow Hunter
Works at an upsetting speed due to laziness and or hunger. Sometimes mistaken for a zombie by other zombies. To avoid falling into this category of hunter, you would do well to get at least 11 hours of sleep, eat healthy, and to exercise daily – this includes, but not limited to, jogging, hopping, speed-walking, speed-jogging, pull-ups, pull-down, sit-ups, sit-downs, leg raises, neck raises, head pulls, arm straightening, thigh pounding, back raising, feet stomping, and lifting.
It is not surprising to hear of sidekicks accidentally shooting The Slow Hunter.
The Legends
Talofa Batesman
Age: 34
Nationality: Samoan
Called “When Thunder Cries” by natives in Samoa, Talofa Batesman goes on record for killing the most zombies during a single night in 1833.
His exploits can be read in the Samoan novel This is Thunder written by Yahweh Telemalima:
“…and so Talofa stood in the field where his family was murdered by these unholy of bodies – bodies covered by mud and feces…bodies that stood in the night under the hard rain. Some walked toward Talofa. Many put their hands on his shocked belly and slept standing up. Two hours later, afraid for his life and tired from standing up for two hours, Talofa cut off their heads and ate their heads the next morning. He didn’t share with the village. And then he fashioned a boat made from the bones of the walking dead and sailed away into the sea for unknown, exciting reasons… Fofo Patterson, a high Samoan priest on a neighboring island, found Talofa sleeping on the beach, his arms wrapped around a zombie skeleton. Fofo’s famous last words on his death stool many years later were: “Oh God…he was naked, and ever staring. Therefore, he was zombie. I cut off his head. And then I put the head on a boat and it sailed away into the night. Listen to me now. This is important. Jesus Christ…I saluted it.”
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