My Uncle Disappeared Every August — After the Outbreak, I Learned Where He Went
15K views · Aug 16, 2026 · Entertainment
Comments · 53
@shellbythesea12 · 1 month ago
"he wasn't a prepper". Ummm... Yes. He was. This is exactly what someone who prepares does.
15
@Incognito_1964 · 1 month ago
How come they didn't try to go get Mom?
5
@tonycappasso954 · 2 weeks ago (edited)
What kind of calluses match HVAC work? Love this story. Very different from all the others where the zombies are center stage.
1
@johnc6738 · 1 month ago
So why pick up the boy and not try to get his mom, the guy's sister?
2
@lordravenblade · 1 month ago
Why would the guest cabin have so much personal space while the actual residents are stuffed into a barracks?
1
@Antonio-x9l2i · 1 month ago
The origin of Ridgeway in a post-apocalyptical world will not carry in a world where credit reports and financial debts no longer matter.
2
@Antonio-x9l2i · 1 month ago
Also, you are brought in and then determined to not be a useful being. Then what? Cast out to go back where you were rescued from or just cast adrift?
4
@jackreacher1717 · 1 month ago
The First serious mistake was Paying at a "Toll", "No Profitable Toll will ever Stops Collecting", And Now that Group knows you have More to give Next Time. Should have Eliminated the Bandits/Toll Operators.
3
@jeramy2398 · 1 month ago
Why do so many of the male main characters spend so much of time being emotional and crying not actively trying to survive
1
@yukey2587 · 3 weeks ago
Finally! Someone talks Permaculture.
1
@jerrycarter7843 · 1 month ago
Epilogue: About a year after I wrote this account of the settlement I received a radio call from a man named Marcus Webb. He said he found my mother and that he'd take care of her! The End.
4
@billy-dixon · 1 month ago
good story, billy dixon in livermore, calif.
1
Up next
My Ex Wife Revealed Her Father Built a Bunker — The Zombie Outbreak Made Us Need It
Serene Revenge · 2.2K views
The night manager of a motel in Needles, California, checked in a guest who never left a name.
Outbreak Survival Diaries · 37 views
A Police Officer Knocked on My Door at Midnight—He Told Me to Leave Immediately
Final Refuge and 2 more · 521 views
My Mother Grabbed My Hand During the Reception and Said “We Need to Leave Now—Don’t Look Back”
Final Refuge and The Sleepy Beyond · 8.1K views
My Sister's College Sealed Every Dorm at Midnight—Dad Went In Before the Sirens
Deadstead Survival Tales · 3K views
I Was Driving a Freight Truck Across Wyoming When Every Westbound Vehicle Started Turning Around
Afterfall Archives · 56 views
My Neighbor Had Been Preparing for This Day Since 1996 — I Thought He Was Insane
Final Signal · 12K views
Thirty Years After Outbreak, My Radio Caught a Voice
Outbreak Vault · 6.9K views
An Early Escape Plan Sat Packed Away... Then the Outbreak Arrived
Final Refuge and The Sleepy Beyond · 1.4K views
I’m the Only Ranger for 60 Miles. Someone Knocks on My Station Every Night | Creepypasta
GrimTrail Horror · 1.4K views
My Wife Surprised Me With a Cruise for Our Anniversary — By Night Three, Half the Ship Was Dead
Final Refuge and The Sleepy Beyond · 9K views
A Freight Train Stalled Outside Town With Everything We Needed to Survive the Outbreak
Serene Revenge · 20K views
Every Sign in the Basin Said This Was Where Help Came From. She Called That Number
Midnight Hollow · 109 views
After The Moon | Full Audiobook
InAudiobookSpective · 120K views
I Bought a Foreclosed House for $12,000 — There Was a Fully Stocked Bunker in the Basement
Toxic Survival · 17K views
My Sister Called Me at Midnight During the Zombie Outbreak: “DON’T COME HOME—STAY ON THE BUS.”
Survivor Reports · 2.3K views
An Attic Packed for the End of the World... and Nobody Knew Why
Final Refuge · 5.4K views
My Grandpa Built a Bunker Under the Farm in 1972 — Nobody Believed Him Until the Outbreak Hit
Final Refuge · 4.9K views
I Ran a Remote Coast Guard Light Station in Maine Until the Supply Boat Never Returned
GrimTrail Horror and Northline Archive · 385 views
Everyone Mocked the Shelter Behind My House—Then the Zombie Attack Began, and They All Came Running
Last Signal · 8.5K views