Second- An EMP will only kill vehicles that are currently running when it is set off. Also, any vehicle that is stored inside a metal building will likely still work.

Third- A 12 gauge even with birdshot will penetrate the human skull at distances less than 15 feet. Even if it doesnt penetrate, the impact would likely break your neck or cause significant trauma to the brain.

Fourth- KEEP IT COMING!!!!!

However, I have to disagree with you on the matter of shotguns. Now, obviously something small like birdshot wouldn’t do crap to a zombie, since they’re small and designed fro killing more fragile creatures, but I believe that buckshot could do the trick. Just get close enough, aim directly at the head, pull the trigger, and BOOM!, the zombie’s head is pulped. And don’t even get me started on solid slugs- those things are essentially bigger versions of musket balls. One of those would completely destroy a zombie’s skull, and with greater range than the buckshot. So, yeah, if there’re zombies, I’d load up with a good shotgun and some buckshot and slugs- iit’d be more effective at close range.

There are a few older cars in the city that may still work – for example the truck that someone had crashed into the wall way back near the beginning. But most of the cars are dead. And, a lot of people didn’t ever stop to wonder why the cars had stopped. They only knew that every car they had seen died at the same time.

Now – why don’t the dead attack the military? The first thing to consider is the fact that Oasis is a decommissioned military base, surrounded by a large cement wall, so there are only a few places where they could make an “attack.” Second: who’s to say the military just hangs around the spots where the dead can see them? If the dead don’t see or hear soldiers, they won’t be attracted at all. Third: just because Corbin can’t see it doesn’t mean that it isn’t happening anywhere in the city. In my edits, I’ve considered adding a scene where He does see it happening. We’ll see if it makes its way in to my final draft.

And lastly, why is the military keeping everyone in the city and not doing anything else? Why would they be ordered to merely guard the perimeter? Those are good questions. There are answers. Yes, indeed. I may need to be a little more explicit about them in the denouement, though.

On a related note – reading pulp fiction with a sharp eye kind of defeats the purpose of reading pulp styled fiction at all. It’s meant to be fun, not “hard” scifi or a completely accurate depiction of human behavior.

If you don’t find it fun, I’m sorry. I’ll try harder next time.

“Carl says if we don’t do things this way tonight”
That should probably be “his”

The words of his little rally were not the most inspiring even spoken, but …
That should probably be “ever”.

Happy weekend, bud, and keep writing!

God bless.

Glenn