Zom-B Baby

Shan, Darren. Zomb-B Baby. 2013. 160p. ISBN 978-0-316-21420-9. FIC SHA on the library shelves.

After surviving the horrors of reviving and escaping clutches of the military, B has now found refuge among the Angels, a group of revived zombies led by the enigmatic Dr. Oystein. The Doctor professes to be on a mission from God to fight Mr. Dowling, the evil clown, and his mutants, whom Oystein consider to be the devil. B is uncomfortable working for one who seems to be a self-appointed prophet, and after discussions with Rage and the other zom-heads, B decides that the Angels may not be the best place to be.

B returns to the center of the city and reconnects with Timothy Jackson, a painter B had met earlier while wandering through London. He shows her his new paintings, and also a puzzling discovery he made. In a crib, in a locked room, is a baby. This baby has no pupils, razor sharp teeth, and no gender. A metal bar sticks in its head. B instantly recognizes it as one of the horrors that afflicted B’s nightmares while alive, before the zombie invasion.

When B pulls the bar out, the baby begins screaming, alerting all zombies in the area. It looks at B, and it tells B to follow him. The zombies break in the building and kill Timothy, and B barely escapes with her life. Taking this appearance as a sign of God as surely He had sent the premonitions, B decides to return and join the Angels and fight Mr. Dowling.