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ZoneID 39498 Size 728x90 -- -- -- Homepage of the Dead has the largest collection of living-dead related fiction on the internet. Each day a contribution is featured in the form of a 'little bite'. If you want to read more simply visit the Fiction Section . A Dark Night for a Dark Knight II by David Sanders (Genre: Living Dead) The dark figure cut across the black silhouette of the skyline, sometimes blending with the deep shadows of the ruined buildings, more often standing in bias relief against the purple of the nighttime sky. The part of the city below him was no longer his. The streets of the Bowery belonged to the few remaining good citizens of Gotham. But, the rooftops and the skyline would always be his. The dead had risen and Gotham had fallen in the wake. The once majestic city was a wonderland of damnation. Before the rise of the dead it had been his in name only, afterwards it had become his by right of force. Now, however, Gotham was divided territory. Cities within the confines of a city. Poison Ivy owned the expanse of nature that had been Robinson Park, until such time as he decided to take it from her. The Upper East Side, the section between his territory, in Old Gotham, and the Bowery belonged to the criminal, the insane and the lost. The law abiding survivors, a handful at best, had claimed the Bowery. Everything else belonged to the walking dead, except for the island of Arkham. He didn’t know who owned that, nor did he care to. show/hide more... Not that the borders to any of these territories were a permanent thing. The war between the good and the evil that had raged in Gotham since he could remember had not ceased in the face of death. When word reached one gang that another gang had found a cache of food or weapons, war erupted before the rumors could be confirmed. The citizens of the Bowery held off not only the living dead, but marauders intent on having their medical supplies and food. Batman let them kill each other without much interference. They would have to come to terms on their own, they would have to face facts or die. They were all prisoners in Gotham. It had been easy for the government to isolate the island city from the rest of the world. Easy for them to condemn it’s citizens to face the end of the world on their own. The argument had been simple, all major cities that showed signs of contagion must be segregated from the rest of the country. It had all been a farce though, the whole world was victim to the plague of rising corpses. Gotham was just another casualty. He swung from his grappling line, working his way slowly towards street level. Over an abandoned apartment complex, he could just make out the lights of the survivors’ campfires. His feet slid on the wet pavement as he finally reached the earth. It was always damp here, the air was pregnant with condensation from the Sprang River. Batman moved to the shadows of ruin, skulking through a city that he had once walked with his head held high. He could have been more the hero for the rising dead, in many ways he was. But, the citizens of Gotham had deemed it fit to turn their fate over to his hands at the beginning of the whole mess. Two hands to win an impossible war. The Batman had fallen from their pedestal, was still falling. He rounded a sharp corner in an alley he knew well and came within spitting distance of the ‘fence’ that surrounded the camp of the survivors. The fence had been constructed of severed light poles, wrecked cars, and piles of rubble from collapsed buildings. Anything and everything was used to fill the gaps in the barrier. It was an ugly wall with an ugly purpose and it served them well against the dead and the gangs. Of course, Batman found his way over it and passed the stationed guards with ease. These men were used to hearing the death moans of their enemies long before they ever saw them. He was just another shadow in a world overcome by them. He kept to the outskirts of the camp. Moving along the wall, weaving his way in and out of the shelters fashioned by the derelict remains of the city whenever he came near a guard. At the northern most end, he came to a large white tent emblazoned with crude red crosses. Batman slipped through the rear entrance of the tent. ...read the rest of this contribution in the Ficton Section Joseph Pilato dies aged 70 Monday 25-Mar-2019 Sad news... Joe passed away quietly in his sleep. His epic performance as Captain Rhodes in Day of the Dead earned him countless fans. More discussion here on the forums - https://forum.homepageofthedead.com/...ad.php?t=24196 Click to view the story and comments (0) New Fiction Contribution Sunday 29-Oct-2017 * When Frank Met Mike - Long General Horror story : Haddonfield, Illinois’ ultimate Bogeyman, Michael Myers, pitted against the one man capable of matching his own savage brutality... The Punisher. Click to view the story and comments (0) Memories of George A. Romero Saturday 29-Jul-2017 Lee Karr discusses the sad passing of George A Romero. Featuring a contribution from Michael Gornick - https://www.homepageofthedead.com/baps/romero.html Click to view the story and comments (0) George A Romero dies aged 77 Monday 17-Jul-2017 Very sad news... George passed away over the weekend (on Sunday July 16th) in his sleep after a short battle with cancer. More discussion here on the forums - https://forum.homepageofthedead.com/...23935&p=318463 Click to view the story and comments (0) New Fiction Contributions Sunday 18-Jun-2017 * Party - Short Living Dead story : A zombie, a mummy, a werewolf, a vampire and several terrorists walk into a party. * The Puppeteer - Long General Horror script : It is up to a detective and an FBI profiler to solve strange murders that plague a college campus. * Dymond in the Rough - Short Science Fiction story : A private detective is searching for a missing person on Mars. Click to view the story and comments (0) Twenty Years... Wednesday 15-Feb-2017 Twenty years ago today, a simple website was uploaded to the internet, called 'Fozznet' (via a 56k modem if I recall). Part of this website included the first incarnation of 'Homepage of the Dead'. Since then the site has slowly grown into something far bigger than I could ever have envisaged back then. I hope it's proved of some interest to both ardent Romero fans or even just visitors with a casual interest. And I'd especially like to thank everyone who has helped the site in anyway in the past, and to those who continue to do so today - eg: sending in information, submitting articles, contribution fiction, or helping out on the forums (eg: setting them up and moderating). Many many thanks! Click to view the story and comments (11) New Fiction Contributions Sunday 29-Jan-2017 * Never Jewels Enough - Short Science Fiction story : A human ambassador is offered a bribe to help a dying race get its progeny off its planet before it's too late. * Quarantine Zone - Short Science Fiction story : A survivor in quarantine zone tries to live his life without contact with people. Click to view the story and comments (1) New Fiction Contributions Monday 7-Nov-2016 * The War Is Over - Short Science Fiction story : Can a scientist working on the ultimate weapon, in a war that will be won anyway, be forgiven? Based on a dream of the author. * Getting Out The Vote - Short Living Dead story : The spooky stories that are the spookiest are the ones that resonate with a little ring of truth to them. In honor of Halloween, here’s a short story that does, indeed, have a bit of truth Click to view the story and comments (0) New Fiction Contributions Sunday 30-Oct-2016 * Clash By Night - Short General Horror story : A city under siege, a starving populace, and a man driven beyond the point of desperation. Based on a dream of the author. * Star Trek: Perchance To Dream - Medium length Science Fiction story (This has been re-edited by the author) : A catastrophic change in the timeline where the existence o...