Undead Ultra (A Zombie Novel) Read online

  I extend much gratitude and love to my running sisters: Lise Asimont, who talked me into running my very first race, a 10K around a mountain that scared the pants off me; and Jordan Costello, who gets up at the butt crack of dawn to run with me and endures countless texts and emails about ultrarunning and races.

  To those of you in AA who shared your experiences with me: thanks. You know who you are.

  Table of Contents

  Chapter 1

  Dropping a Deuce

  Chapter 2

  Dead Drunk

  Chapter 3

  Red Hats

  Chapter 4

  Disconnected

  Chapter 5

  Car Trouble

  Chapter 6

  Broken Skull

  Chapter 7

  Prep

  Chapter 8

  Don’t Be an Idiot

  Chapter 9

  Boy Scouts

  Chapter 10

  The Tracks

  Chapter 11

  One Tough Man

  Chapter 12

  Spikes

  Chapter 13

  Ultra Dog

  Chapter 14

  Hopland

  Chapter 15

  Ace Hardware

  Chapter 16

  Storewide Clearance

  Chapter 17

  Fuel

  Chapter 18

  When the Wheels Fall Off

  Chapter 19

  Bonk

  Chapter 20

  If I Get Eaten

  Chapter 21

  Breaking and Entering

  Chapter 22

  Portland Malady

  Chapter 23

  Visitors

  Chapter 24

  Bonging in the Brambles

  Chapter 25

  Pigs

  Chapter 26

  Regrets

  Chapter 27

  Zombie Rollers

  Chapter 28

  Purple Passion

  Chapter 29

  Tunnel

  Chapter 30

  Granola Bitch

  Chapter 31

  Fun Run

  Chapter 32

  Jingle Bells

  Chapter 33

  Dead End

  Chapter 34

  The Next Right Thing

  Chapter 35

  River Crossing

  Chapter 36

  Happy Campers

  Chapter 37

  Silver Buckle

  Chapter 38

  Attack and Stack

  Chapter 39

  Paperclip

  Chapter 40

  Strong Enough

  Chapter 41

  Nausea

  Chapter 42

  Nothing But the Dead

  Chapter 43

  Aleisha

  Chapter 44

  Separate Ways

  Chapter 45

  Out of Gas

  Chapter 46

  Suffer Better

  Chapter 47

  Tourist Trap

  Chapter 48

  Run, Jackalope

  Chapter 49

  BFF

  Chapter 50

  Fatigue Factor

  Chapter 51

  Batshit Crazy

  Chapter 52

  Death Run

  Chapter 53

  Avenue of the Giants

  Chapter 54

  Arcata

  Chapter 55

  Finisher

  About the Author

  Acknowledgements