Kellie's Diary: Decay of Innocence
Written by Thomas Jenner and Angeline Perkins
Cover Art: Angeline Perkins
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Reviews:
"... This book actually handles the genre in exactly the right way... The writers obviously didn't think, "How can I make my zombies special?" Instead, they asked, "What's an interesting story I can tell within the context of a zombie apocalypse?" That, in my opinion, is the best possible route a writer can take... Telling the story of a zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a child is a fun approach and is handled wonderfully."
--Brandon Hale – Author, Day Soldiers
"Surrealistic and haunting, this story gets under the skin like a virulent infection... Jenner's slightly twisted yet subtle narrative as seen through Kellie's innocent eyes is compelling."
--George Wier – Author, Bill Travis Mysteries
"The simple style this story is presented in sometimes tricks you into taking it at face value; but it's the reading between the lines that gives you the full sense of horror in the world around the main character. She has grown in a world dying around her, and her point of view is distinctly that of a child; we see it in her acceptance over time of death as something that simply happens and the notion that her family may in fact be lost, and even in her simple joy over a toy store. Kellie's character is very realistic, and that makes it all the more frightening to watch how the world is folding around her and her inability to change it, only to survive as best she can."
-- Amazon Reviewer
"...I can't stop reading them. It's a fresh outlook on the zombie apocalypse that leaves the reader feeling what Kellie feels. It's not your boring predictable zombie story."
--Amazon Reviewer
"She has become wiser and more skilled, but she is still a mere child, and there are some things children just aren't ready to face..."
--Goodreads Reviewer
"I was almost tired of the zombie apocalypse until it came in the form of a diary from a nine year old. Kellie is a great character. Thomas Jenner has written a wonderful book that even those bored and tired with zombies will enjoy."
--Barnes & Noble Reviewer
Table of Contents
Note From the Authors
Kellie's Diary – Part 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Kellie's Diary – Part 2
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Kellie's Diary – Part 3
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Sarah's Despair – Authors' Note
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Dr. Crane – Authors' Note
Dr. Crane
The Downfall: Survive Chronicles #1 – Authors' Note
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
About the Authors and Survive Entertainment
Note From the Authors
Kellie's Diary is the story of a young girl who has found herself alone after her world is turned upside down and taken over by the dead. She confides in her diary, revealing what she goes through, how she feels and what she learns.
We began this story in late 2012, and it has evolved quite a bit over the past year. What began as a video read-along series quickly evolved into e-book graphic novels, which are still being worked on and planned. This volume, which contains parts 1-3, has been released in novel format so it will be easier to read on e-reader devices, and it includes two previously unreleased stories in the Kellie's Diary universe: prequels of two important characters in Kellie's life. There is also a bonus short at the end of this book of another story that we are working on.
We sincerely hope you enjoy this story – there is much more to come in the future. Please let us know what you think by leaving a review or by contacting us directly via our website, Facebook or Twitter. Your feedback is very valuable to the creation of these stories.
Thank you!
-Thomas Jenner, Angeline Perkins
Part 1
Chapter 1
Mon, Jan. 18, 1993
I got back home from Grandpa's house yesterday. It was a really long plane ride, but I slept a lot, so that's why I'm writing now and not yesterday. Mom and Dad said I had to go back to school today, and I'm really mad about that. I had to go to school at Grandpa's too, because I was there for so long.
So when I went to school this morning and talked to the principal to get me back in, they told me something that really made me upset. Remember how they moved me to 4th grade when I was at Grandpa's? Well, they put me back in 3rd! I did so good when I was in 4th grade, but now I have to go backwards! I'm not stupid! It's not fair! I don't want to start over! I think Dad was really mad about it, but I don't know why, he doesn't have to go back to 3rd grade.
Well, I still went to school today, even though I was really mad. It was the same teacher I had before I went to Grandpa's, Miss Florence. She was happy to see me, and I was too, because she's really nice, but I felt sad that I wasn't still in 4th grade. I missed the friends I had here, but I miss my friends at the other school too. I don't know, I felt really weird today.
But today something cool happened... I remembered that I've been writing in you for a whole year now! It's like you're my friend... a secret friend! I can tell you anything I want, and nobody tries to find out what I say!
I want to give you a name. I want to call you............. “Barbie.” Is that okay? I know there are Barbie dolls, but all I do is dress the
m up, they just like to play pretend.
I'll talk to you tomorrow, Barbie!
Chapter 2
Tue, Jan. 19, 1993
I still feel weird going back to 3rd grade, but it wasn't so bad today. I got to play kickball with all my friends at recess, and we had a lot of fun! Kevin Scott is still kind of mean. He took the ball after I kicked it and ran all over the field and didn't give it back. I almost won the game for my team, but he ruined it! I went to get it back and he stuck his tung tonge tongue out at me and ran the other way. I hate boys!
Oh wait! There were two kids that got sick in class today and had to go home. I told Mom and she said, “I told you the school lunches are bad for you.” If lunch made them sick, then I'm happy Mom makes me my own lunches. Besides, I heard it was tuna salad today. I hate tuna. It's stinky and feels weird in my mouth.
You're lucky Barbie, you don't have to eat yucky stuff.
Chapter 3
Wed, Jan. 20, 1993
Hi Barbie! I just got back from dinner. Dad ordered pizza! I had 4 whole pieces to myself! Mom says I shouldn't eat so much. I don't know why she said that, my sisters are too little to have pizza so I don't have to share much, but we don't get pizza a lot, and I really wanted some. I'm really full now and feel really tired. But I feel good too.
Oh, remember The two kids that got sick yesterday? They still weren't at school today. I heard a couple of the bigger kids were sick too, and three of the teachers. I'm afraid that it's the flu! I don't like flu shots, they're really scary. They have big needles and they hurt a lot. I don't want to get sick. Dad says I'm fine and I don't have any simptims, so he's not worried, but he kept telling me to wash my hands all the time. He worries about me a lot. I don't think I'll get sick, I'm just fine.
Chapter 4
Thu, Jan. 21, 1993
My whole class is getting sick! Miss Florence said a lot of parents called their kids in sick today. There was only 10 kids in my class! One of the bigger kids said that there was only 3 in her class. This is scary! This must be a really bad cold people are catching. I still feel okay. I don't feel sick, and my family is still good.
I'm actually writing to you in school today! Since we don't have a lot of kids, the lessons go really fast. Its raining so we couldn't go outside for recess and lunch, so Miss Florence gave us free time until the end of school.
Miss Florence just coughed. I don't know why, but I feel scared. I just want to go home, Barbie.
Okay, I'm back at home, I just finished dinner. Dad said on the news they were talking about a flu going around and that tomorrow after school they were taking me to a doctor to make sure I don't get it! I really don't want that shot, I've got it before and I always feel funny after getting it. Dad says that its better that I feel a little funny from a shot than really sick from a flu. I guess he's right but I still don't want to do it.
Chapter 5
Sat, Jan 23 1993
I'm sorry Barbie. I didn't write to you yesterday. I'm really scared right now. I just woke up and I'm in the girls bathroom at school by myself. The door is locked. I wonder if the monsters are gone yet. I got to school yesterday morning and found out there were more people sick! We had a substitute teacher today because Miss Florence got sick too. His name was Mr. Drew. There were only 6 people in my class. No one came back from being sick.
It was really bad. One of the windows in our class broke and a scary looking man climbed in. Mr. Drew went to go stop him but the crazy man BIT his arm! It bit him really hard and he had really bad cuts. We all started screaming! I think I'm having a bad dream right now. Maybe I'll wake up. I'll close my eyes right now and wish really hard to be back at home. I'll be right back.
I'm not dreaming, Barbie. I'm still here. The monsters are real! There were a lot that started coming into the school and they went around biting all the teachers and the kids too. Everyone that got bit fell down after a while, and they were bleeding a whole lot. And it looked like a couple were still being bit after they fell. Some of them got back up like they were okay, but they turned into monsters too and started biting other people!
I didn't know what to do. I put you in my backpack and I tried to run away from the school, but the monsters were everywhere, in all the classrooms. I was really confused and I coudnt find the front door. One of them tried to grab my hair but I got away. I'm in the bathroom because all the running made me have to pee, so I came in here. I kept hearing monsters walking around, and I think one tried to open the bathroom door, so I pushed it closed and locked it. I heard this scratching and hitting on the door, but then it stopped. Sometimes they make this weird sound, like the sound people make when theyre sick. Uuuhhhhgggg. Kind of like that.
I got really hungry so I ate my lunch. It was peanut butter jelly with crackers, celery and a juice box. I don't remember what time I went to sleep. My watch says its 9:06 am, so I missed breakfast and dinner last night. I wonder where Mom and Dad are. Do you think they came to pick me up? Are they okay? What about my sisters? Theyre a lot smaller so they cant run away like I can. I hope a monster didnt bite them too. I need to go home, but I have to remember how, it takes Mom a while to drive me, so it's probably 100 miles to walk!
I'm getting really hungry. I'm not really thirsty, I'm drinking water from the sink, but I'm hungry. I'm scared to go back out there, what if there are more monsters? What if they bite me too? I have to be super careful and super quiet. Maybe I can go to the cafeteria and find food. I know Mom said it was bad for me, but I'm hungry.
I'll talk to you later, Barbie, I really need to eat.
Chapter 6
Sat, Jan 23 1993
Okay, I have food now. Earlier when I left the bathroom, there were still monsters around, but not as many as before. They walk really funny and don't go anywhere. Sometimes I see them walking right into a wall, and they don't even say “ow,” they just keep walking. I had to be really quiet, and it was good that the door wasn't squeaky. The boy's bathroom door squeaks a lot. I thought maybe if I was really quiet the monsters wouldn't see me.
I opened the door and there was 4 or something over next to the lunch door. I saw a lot of people all over the ground, and there was a lot of blood. It looks like a lot of people were bit really badly. I was scared, but I picked up a juice can on the ground and threw it the other way, and it made a loud noise. It worked! The monsters turned around and walked the other way! When they went past the bathroom I walked really quiet to the lunch room.
I pushed the door open and the lunchlady was in there. She was okay, but she was hiding behind the food. I went to say hi to her but she was really scared and talking funny. I tried to talk to her but she didn't answer me. I thought maybe she was mad at me. Or maybe she was sad about the monsters too. She ran out of the lunch room and started yelling. The door closed behind her and I didn't see her again after that. I hope she's okay.
I looked around the cafeteria for a while and there was a really bad smell in there. It was worse than bad eggs and stinky trash. I almost barfed because it stinked so bad. I went behind the food counter and I saw a monster on the ground! It wasnt moving, and it had a big knife in its eyeball. I didn't see breathing so I think it was dead. Did the lunch lady do that? Did it try and bite her? I dont think its good to kill things, but the monsters were hurting a lot of people, and maybe it tried to hurt her. This is really scary.
I kept looking around the cafeteria and I found some things I could put in my bag:
*a can of pineapples
*4 bags of potato chips
*3 bags of carrots - the small ones
*a bunch of fruit snacks. I really like them so I just grabbed a lot, I didn't count them.
I couldn't fit a whole lot in my bag because of my books. I thought maybe if I took my books out I can have more food, but I didn't know if Id get in trouble for leaving my books out. I'll leave a note inside my books so maybe I wont get in trouble when school starts again. So I took out my books and I put a little more food in. There wasn't a
lot else I could put in there, because all the food was out on the trays, and I can't put that stuff in my backpack, it will be too messy. Its not fair, today it looks like were were going to have chicken nuggets, and thats one of my favorite foods. I hope you don't think i'm being a piggy, Barbie. If I find any of my friends, they'll probably be hungry too, so I can share.
You know, I think I can get out of the school. I hope so. There's 2 doors that go out to the playground from the cafeteria. The playground has a big field and there's a fence that goes all the way around it. Then it goes to the school parking lot. I looked out the window and there are monsters outside, too! There aren't too many, I see more on the other side of the fence, so thats going to be a lot harder. But if I can go to the playground, maybe I can get to the big tree that I always climb up. Then I can see really far and then think of how to get out of here. I'll stop and say hi to you when I get to the tree.
Chapter 7
Sun, Jan 24, 1993
Well, I'm up in the tree. I slept a while, but I didnt want to, I was just too tired not to. Its really early in the morning, I think my watch says 12:24. I'm not too high up, but the monsters can't get me anymore. They almost grabbed me when I was running in the field! I thought maybe if I ran I can make it faster, but there was one in the grass that I didn't see when I was running. I was so scared but I was too tired to yell, and maybe it was good that I was quiet because there wasn't any more that came after me.
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