If you’ve ever seen or read a zombie apocalypse story, you’ll notice that they
rarely ever really fix the problem. They may come up with some deus ex machina
at the end, but in order to leave the door open for a sequel, it won’t ever
truly work. Or they’ll tease salvation at the very end, but never really show
what life would be like in a post-zombie world. This Earth of this universe
had their own version of zombies, and they attacked people, and some survived,
and the zombies died out. They could only keep moving as long as they ate the
dying or dead flesh from a human, so eventually, they ran out of food. The
most resilient human survivors managed to protect themselves in bunkers, and
behind walls, leaving the zombies to wander around aimlessly until they died
completely. Well, they didn’t die completely, but they weren’t zombies anymore
either. They essentially transformed into ghosts, able to interact moderately
with the corporeal world, but no longer a real threat to humanity. They were
now mostly just scary, and irritating. Not every zombie turned into a ghost;
just the ones who weren’t super great people while they were alive, and there
were ways to defeat them. The living human species, meanwhile, went on. They
began to rebuild civilization, though not out of the ruins of the old world.
They had to stay away from cities that were still falling apart from the war,
which meant they were basically starting over. This was a slow process, and
the survivors were in no rush to return to the way things were before. They
didn’t outlaw technology, but they ignored it, deciding to return to the way
things were in earlier days. As the original cities crumbled and sank, new
towns popped up where once there was wilderness. Progress came gradually,
about as fast as it had before. This time, however, they knew of the dangers
that came with advancement. They retained stories of where their ancestors
went wrong, and while some was lost in translation, the morals lived on. They
focused on preserving the wild, and using only as many resources as they
needed. They were aware of renewable energy long before they were capable of
wielding it, and they knew there was no point in fossil fuels. Centuries after
the fall, humanity was pretty much back on track.
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The Advancement of Mateo Matic
The team continues to struggle through the Third Rail. Enemies approach from all sides, and threaten them in all ways. Even the strongest bonds will be tested as an ominous future war places all of reality in jeopardy.
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Mateo Daily
Daily installments of The Advancement of Mateo Matic have temporarily replaced all weekday stories.
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Mateo Daily
Daily installments of The Advancement of Mateo Matic have temporarily replaced all Saturday stories.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
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