Horrific Shorts: Zombie Edition

The Final Train roared through a sky torn open by the wrath of cursed dimensions. Its tracks hung in midair, stitched to stars by forgotten spells. Inside, the survivors sat in heavy silence. The Forsaken Girl, no longer frail, stared through the window with burning eyes that saw beyond time.

Draven Cross stood near the conductor's door, one hand gripping the hilt of his rusted machete, the other clutching the photograph of his fallen brother. "Where are we going?" he asked.

"To the Gravebound Citadel," the girl answered. "Where the Rotting King waits. Where the Book's spine was first cracked."

As she spoke, the cabin shifted. Shadows peeled from the walls like old skin, forming specters of the past—the first necromancers, failed experiments, lost souls. One appeared in Mira's seat—a twisted mockery of her younger self in a lab coat, whispering formulas in a loop.

Mira closed her eyes. "They're memories… warnings."

Then the lights went out.

In the dark, a rhythmic tapping began. From above. Then below. Then all around.

Zara Vale, blade drawn, lit a match. The flame flickered, revealing something crawling on the ceiling—a creature like stretched parchment, stitched with words that bled. One of the Scriptborn, cursed beings made from forbidden pages of the Book.

"They're trying to tear the prophecy from us!" Elias shouted, fumbling for a ritual vial. He tossed it into the air—it exploded in a flash of green fire. The Scriptborn hissed, retreating into the walls.

But it wasn't over.

The train slowed, screeching across ethereal rails as it neared the Citadel—a fortress built of bones, wrapped in stormclouds, and pulsing with the heartbeat of the undead. From its gates, legions of the Gravebound began to rise.

The Rotting King stood atop the battlements, his crown a tangled mess of thorns and spinal fragments. His voice thundered across the sky.

"You who carry the Last Verse… surrender it. Let the dead reign eternal."

The train hissed as its doors opened.

The Forsaken Girl stepped out first, followed by the others. She held the burning page aloft. "You want the verse?" she said. "Then come and take it."

The earth trembled.

Behind her, the Ghoul Trainmaster emerged from the smoke, swinging his rusted lantern. "You'll have to fight for the rewrite, corpse-king."

Zombies surged forward. The battle began.

Draven led the charge, slicing through the horde with fury and pain. Mira unleashed chemical flames. Zara vanished into shadows, reappearing only to slit throats. Elias called upon ancient oaths, his blood summoning protective wards.

And in the heart of the battlefield, the Forsaken Girl opened the Book once more.

Its pages turned. And time wept.