It morphed from sad to dark with a very nice transition. Very cool; well executed.

maybe he shouldn’t be so regular, mowing on saturday, if the rotting bodies figure out his pattern, he’s sitting brains. Then again, he’s on a mower, he could maybe mow down a few.. ;)

I liked this. It’s kind of a sad story

A nice, subtle zombie story. I like that, even with the rotting things about, people still worry about property values! As I think they would, in real life. Seriously.

I agree, the subtlety is well played here.

The last line broke my heart, very well done.

Really beautiful – even if it had been zombie-free it would have been beautiful – but adding them in such a subtle way gave the whole story emphasis and explanation.

Good work!

I guess life really does go on…

There seems to be a trend of bone-dry humor and sorrow running through your stories.

That can only be a good thing.

Aww, thanks for noticing! Never thought of it that way but I like it. :-)

This story is a perfect example of why you don’t read the tags first. I didn’t, and I’m so glad…the twist in the middle adds dimension without being overdone.

I love stories that have elements of the fantastic, but focus on the human side of things, and this is a good one.

Superb execution, and I love the subtle almost non-mention of the zombies. Also the mundaneness of life going on.

This is a wonderfully done story. I think what it does most effectively is make you feel the yearning nostalgia this guy is feeling. Almost living in the past in his mind while going about his business in the present.

I like how you snuck zombies into an otherwise moving story.

It does make me wonder if the wife’s death was natural.

This is one of the most well-done pieces of microfiction I’ve ever read. Consider me impressed!

It gave the impression of zombies being a regularity as opposed to a shock event, the shock event was the death of his wife and the aftermath is a bland life and living with nothing but his thoughts. A different view on zombie fiction. Really liked it.

very nice descriptions, I love the darkness and depression of it all.

That’s depressing, the end is. It is extremely subtle. I totally missed the zombie part. Bananas.