Dead Ends

Dead Ends is a work of interactive zombie fiction by Nate Piekos that follows the story of a young delivery boy named Eddie Beames who finds himself in the middle of a zombie apocalypse when strange meteors begin falling from the sky one night. With each new chapter comes new twists and turns, new allies and enemies, and new danger. Sadly, as of this writing it hasn't updated in over a year (but at six chapters is still worth checking out). It can be found here.


 * Action Girl: Foxy can kick some serious ass
 * Anyone Can Die: Sure enough, by the end of each chapter the number of remaining survivors can usually be counted on one hand.
 * Ax Crazy:
 * Blatant Lies: If tries this on  he'll be shot and left for dead...
 * Buried Alive: Worse.
 * Complete Monster: Ms. Dorrance.
 * Conjoined Twins: Zeke Sr and Zeke Jr
 * Crazy Survivalist: Several appear from chapter 3 onwards. Many are antagonistic, but a few are more then willing to help.
 * Creepy Basement: St. Ingrids basement. Mostly because its
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: Stupefied silence. Everyone was looking at Eddie like dancing lobsters had erupted from his ass and performed the musical version of Saving Private Ryan.
 * Face Heel Turn: in chapter  and  in chapter
 * Gentle Giant: Ben
 * Glowing Eyelights of Undeath
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom: All of the undead have glowing red eyes. This leads to some serious Nightmare Fuel whenever the characters are in a dimly lit area. Just read the beginning of chapter.
 * Grave Clouds: Early in the story Eddie finds himself walking down a lonely road in freezing cold weather. As he is making his way through the darkness he happens to stumble upon a cemetery. Cue the Rain.
 * : The cause of the zombies.
 * Heel Face Turn: in chapter
 * High Octane Nightmare Fuel: You might not want to try and read all 6 chapters in one sitting...
 * Kill'Em All: If you make a really bad choice everyone will die.
 * Luck-Based Mission: Early chapters have randomized consequences for choices, which means that it is possible to exhaust every option and still end up dead due to poor luck. Fortunately, this feature seems to have disappeared in the more recent chapters.
 * Men Are the Expendable Gender: Massively averted. By the end of the first chapter alone an entire girl's school (except for one of the main characters) is zombified along with their head mistress.
 * Mercy Kill:
 * Eddie has the option of doing this to a dog in the first chapter.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: averts this my pulling a Heel Face Turn before he did something he'd regret.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In chapter, and its a big one...
 * No Fair Cheating: "The dead do not reveal their secrets!"
 * No Periods, Period: Averted by Foxy, who gets hers in the middle of the story...
 * Oh Crap: Usually at least a couple per chapter, but the best example happens at the very end of chapter
 * Our Zombies Are Different
 * Raising the Steaks: Let's go to a farm!
 * Revolvers Are Just Better: Not just any revolvers...
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge:
 * Ruptured Appendix: The victim gets to the hospital just in time.
 * Sassy Black Woman: Foxy
 * Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere: A lethal version occurs in chapter if you make a poor choice...
 * Snow Means Death: Snow conceals a massive pile of zombies in chapter that the heros notice a little too late...
 * Tear Jerker: Many.
 * The Many Deaths of You: Some of which can be easily overlooked due to some chapters having a randomization factor. A choice that led to safety last time could result in death the next time.
 * Tragic Monster:
 * : Quite a few actually...
 * Unwinnable: If you in chapter  you might as well close the window. All the choices lead to death.
 * Wham! Line:
 * Zombie Apocalypse
 * Zombie Infectee: This occurs to if you make a bad choice.