Don't Bury Me

An activist unwittingly unleashes a supernatural plague on the world and then roams quarantine zones, euthanizing infected people until he comes across a little girl...

This takes place in a post-apocalyptic world after a plague is set loose that makes people sick, boils develop on their bodies, and then they finally lose their mind and self cannibalize themselves. Evan is consumed by his guilt so he tries his best to help the suffering.

The plague has a voice and it speaks to him and takes the form of a goth rock star from the author's first story, as apparently, that's the woman Evan finds most desirable. It taunts and uses him throughout, and he is powerless to resist it at times.

When he finds Tuli, an abandoned little girl who is also infected, he decides to stay with her in hopes of buying her more time before a cure is found, as he is also connected with FEMA who delivers him supplies from time to time. Her story is very heartbreaking and she's a great character.

The plague typically kills quickly, but she's been infected for a while but yet only showing a few symptoms. Eventually, another man shows up with something that he claims slows it down as well.. Weed. Gave me quite the laugh. Even as dark and as gory as the story can be there is a lot of humor to be found in it, as well as just a lot of feel-good moments as the three become a family and spend quality time together inside a quarantine zone left for dead by a supernatural plague that makes people eat themselves...

The whole thing is rather emotional really, and the author throws in a heavy dose of social commentary that worked well. Taking shots at the Trump administration, corporations, big pharma, and corrupt politicians in general, this one doesn't hold back. It certainly delivers quite a satisfying ending. Big league.