Comments on: ZOMBIE CAFÉ by Ed Wagner

By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:34:00 +0000

Great story. Sort of Stephen King in it’s morality. It would make a great short film.

As a side note, it would be impossible to know if money was any good for months or at least until it was known if there was indeed a working government left. Gold and jewels? Can you eat a diamond bracelet? What would pass for currency would most likely be food, guns, ammunition and survival tools.

By: Bill Bultas

Bill Bultas — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:05:57 +0000

A fun morality story. I greatly enjoyed it. An issue I’ve recently discussed with people (due to the recent instabilities in the economy) is whether or not cash would or would not have value in an apocalyptic or pre-holocaust setting. This story suggests that it would lose value immediately (”legal tinder”). I believe that it would be usable, at least for some time. Gold, diamonds, etc. certainly would be valuable, but initially it would be difficult to buy a $100 gun in exact dollars, for example, with gold or diamonds, and easier to buy a $100 gun with, well, $100. Anyway, my 2 cents (which per this story are worthless).

In any case, a great story.

By: Clitoris Rex

Clitoris Rex — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:21:31 +0000

I dug the end, but the beginning build up was a bit too long…sounds like you were just describing a girl you hate, not building a story. Don’t get me wrong though, the idea of a stuck up broad slinging coffee to corpses in Hel’s cafe for eternity is genius.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:02:36 +0000

Man, this was one very original story. The build up left me absolutely no pity for Suzy. Hell’s own Barista. GREAT!

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:42:31 +0000

Great story. Seems to me, the lady got just what she deserved. Keep writing!

By: Mikhail

Mikhail — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:17:16 +0000

I love this very nice. Makes me giggle in an odd and scary way.

By: Ed W

Ed W — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:47:04 +0000

It shouldn’t be any surprise that I thought of Zombie Cafe while watching the regulars stream into our local coffee shop one morning. A couple of things hit me. First, that line from Dawn of the Dead about why the zombies kept coming back to the mall, and second, all those extras in the background of Shawn of the Dead. In the early scenes, they’re already zombies. They just haven’t realized it yet.

Now, don’t get between me and my coffee cup. I’ve been known to bite.

By: Avidor

Avidor — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:34:12 +0000

“Hell’s own barista”

That’s great!!!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:36:57 +0000

Great story, though I likely could not differentiate between the last scene and any given weekday morning in my local coffee spot.
Or my house, for that matter.