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do something about that smell. You know—deodorant, body spray, bleach. Like maybe gallons and gallons of bleach.”
    The zombie made a slashing motion with the knife as it crept closer to her.
    “Maybe some lye instead. I’ve heard it does wonders for bad smells. Like that dead smell you’ve got going on. That’s so not going to attract the girls to you, and that knife is a total turn off.” She looked around. Behind her were mausoleums. To her right and her left, as well as in front of her were tombstones of various sizes and shapes. Every so often there was a statue, but not as many as there were around the mausoleums. And then there was the hole the zombie had created when it clawed its way out of the grave.
    “How do I stop—” she stopped talking and stared at the hole.
    It hit her.
    Somehow she had to get the thing back into its grave and somehow keep it there.
    “Piece of cake,” she said to herself.
    The zombie shuffled closer.
    Raven took a couple of steps back, just as the zombie swung its arm in an attempt to cut her with the knife. She took a couple of sideways steps.
    The zombie turned too.
    Raven kept moving—taking a few steps at a time until the hole was between her and the zombie. Hopefully it couldn’t do any higher level problem-solving, or she was in real trouble.
    “ Raaveennn,” it groaned.
    “That’s right. I’m right here. Come on. Bring your dragon breath self over here.”
    The zombie shuffled toward her as fast as its damaged legs would take it.
    “That’s it. Just a few more steps. Come on. You can do it.”
    It moved closer to the hole.
    “Come on. Just a little more.”
    The zombie stopped just inches from the hole.
    Raven held her breath.
    The zombie didn’t move.
    Several rocks fell into the hole, but the zombie didn’t move.
    “Give me a freaking break!” Raven groaned. “This isn’t happening.” She shook her head and rolled her eyes. “If you want to stab me, you have to come get me.”
    But the zombie just stood there.
    “Come on. Just an inch more. You can do it.” She wasn’t exactly sure if the zombie understood her or not, but she didn’t care as long as it moved in the direction she wanted it to go.
    It took a small half step. More rocks tumbled into the hole. “Raaveennn.” It sounded more like a growl this time.
    “That’s right. If you want Raven, you have to take another step this way.”
    The zombie made a shuffling step. The soft ground shifted. The dirt, the zombie was standing on, suddenly crumbled. The creature tumbled into the hole.
    Raven threw the metal plant holder like a spear.
    A horrible screeching roar came from the bottom of the hole. A dark cloud of swirling black and red drifted up.
    Raven’s eyes widened. She took a step back.
    The strange cloud started drifting toward her, but the next instant it was sucked back into the hole and was gone.
    Raven stood still. The only thing she heard was the pounding of her heart. She took a deep breath and carefully stepped to the hole and looked in.
    The body was twisted in an awkward angle. The metal plant holder went totally through its chest.
    The zombie wasn’t moving.
    Raven slowly let out the breath she was holding. And she realized the birds were making all sorts of noises. Even though it was still cold, the cemetery felt lighter. She turned and ran away from the open grave.
    As soon as she was out of the cemetery, Raven pulled her cellphone out. This time she had bars. Skimming through the contacts again, she tapped Ethan’s name. In seconds it was ringing. And it rang until finally the phone went to his voicemail. Raven frowned. She tried Pauline’s number, then Billy’s. Both times it rang until she got their voicemails.
    “What’s the point of having a cellphone if no one answers when you call them?” Raven touched the screen, ending the last call without leaving a message.
    It was strange how her phone started working as soon as she got out of the cemetery, but Raven