Overcoming An Apocalypse
[WPC #228 – 3rd Place Winner]
When the trumpets sound, the world ends.
At the first blare echoing across the sky, people collapse—only to rise again as flesh-hungry monsters. Civilization falls in a single day.
Caught in the chaos, Johnathan and his two closest friends fight to survive in what seems like a typical zombie apocalypse.
But something isn’t right.
After killing one of the infected, they witness something impossible—a blood-red crystal emerging from the corpse. It pulses with an eerie aura, almost as if it’s calling to him… tempting him.
Eat it.
Johnathan resists at first. It could be poison. It could kill him. In a world already falling apart, it could be the final mistake of his life.
But what if it isn’t?
Before the apocalypse, he consumed countless fantasy novels and comics. Stories of power. Evolution. Superhuman strength.
So he makes a choice.
He gambles his life.
The pain is unbearable. His friends believe he’s dying.
But when he rises—
He is no longer the same.
The crystal doesn’t just change him.
It awakens something far greater.
Now empowered in a world collapsing into madness, Johnathan must decide:
How far is he willing to go to protect the people he cares about?
Is this truly just a zombie outbreak…
Or is humanity standing at the beginning of something much bigger?
Read to discover the truth behind the trumpets, the crystals, and the evolution of the new world.