Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 13, for Sunday the thirteenth of October 2024.

Duty of Care

by Elizabeth Guilt

Adam always wanted to be a doctor. He wanted to help anyone who was in trouble. His teachers laughed, given his grades and his slow reading. Then the apocalypse came, and suddenly careers didn't matter any more. Very few things mattered.

"Get inside, love."

Adam gave his daughter a gentle push. She toddled through the door, oblivious to the groaning wails coming closer up the road.

The undead thing shambled across the farmyard, one arm torn almost away. Adam patted its good shoulder, and led it into the barn. It sat patiently, and he began to sew up the rips.