Thought it was solid, if slight. Would have made a nice page turner in an old issue of WEIRD TALES. Had a matter of fact, logical progression that worked to its advantage, a nice small scale that made the horror particularized. Good last line (much like DEEP RED, but this was a better story).
The brevity of the story was an asset, although it could have had a *bit* more internal character development. I'm thinking specifically of some idea of the character's religious/spiritual/philosophical views, considering what he's experiencing. He comments on the women's head scarves, it would have been interesting for the author to open his reaction a little more (I could have missed something).
Unfortunately, I'm really feeling zombie burn-out at this point. Not with this website, more with the genre of horror entire. The zombie (and by that I mean Romero-esque version, not the Vodun version) is dangerously close to entering the zone of overexposure that vampires did under Anne Rice in the mid-80's, eventually leading to them being expatriated into an entire sub-genre I can't stand and don't read. Please, zombies, please, say it ain't so...
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