TUAoLC - Tendrils part 1 by BurningResurrection, literature
Literature
TUAoLC - Tendrils part 1
The lady in red sat in front of a bar in Acapulco, she was satisfied. She just managed to negotiate the trade agreement on the export of Mexican arms to China, in exchange for the import of nutmeg, cloves, and pepper from the Dutch colony of Indonesia, and a safe trade-route through the Pacific. The arms will then be smuggled from China to US port towns, and further smuggled right into the hands of the United Tribes of America, who'll exchange them for peyote, bison, and other goods otherwise made difficult to access due to the conflict. These'll get smuggled back to China, from where they can be exported into the rest of the world for high p
TUAoLC - zombies by BurningResurrection, literature
Literature
TUAoLC - zombies
Zombies. Most people would imagine a rotting, shambling, re-animated corpse, hunting for the flesh of the living. But in reality, the term describes a much wider range of (formerly human) entities.
Various kinds of diseases, parasites, and even more unusual elements can turn a human (or even a human corpse) into an aggressive predator craving the flesh of their former kinsmen.
The Cannibal Virus
Originating in Africa, and introduced to North America (especially the Confederation) through slave trade.
The virus spreads through bodily fluids, mostly saliva and blood, but it's (luckily) not strong enough to become air-born. It attacks the