The Please DO Feed the Animals ZOO
A
father decides to take his teenage son to the new petting zoo in town.
The zoo exhibits contain untamed ferocious animals and advertises
visitors get to hand feed them. But there’s something the zoo goers
weren’t informed of: the animals will be eating them. Because of a small
glitch, the man and his son discover the sinister secret before they
become the food. Will they be able to make it out of the maze-like zoo
before being devoured by the hungry beasts?
Excerpt:
The
other patrons had struck up conversation with one another, but Robbie
and I sat quietly by the door. No one noticed what happened next, except
for me. In a moment the door opened and the soldier slid out of the
room and back into the introduction room where we still waited. He shut
the door tight behind him, but not before I saw them. The door had only
opened briefly, and only opened enough for the tall, slender man to
slide through. But out from what I had mistaken as a window, flew three
large Black Panthers into the room next door. I listened for shrieks and
screams, but heard nothing.
The soldier stood with his back to
the door, his eyes wide, his breath coming in short choppy spurts as the
fear settled and washed away. Did I really just see three Black
Panthers released onto unsuspecting people? The soldier breathed in deep
and then looked down at me. He straightened his uniform and then made
his way back to the front of the crowd.
“Everyone who chose the Siberian Tiger, please line up at the door,” He said coolly, again extending his arm to lead the way.
That
was us, but I was quite hesitant. Was it part of the show that the
panthers be released onto the people? There was no warning of that from
the intro we had just watched. The intro showed people feeding the
animals through an artificial arm from a safe place. What was going on? I
know I saw what I saw, and the reaction of the soldier confirmed it.
“Sir,”
I said to him when I got closer. “I just saw those panthers jumping
into that room,” I started, but the soldier let out a loud, shrill laugh
that caught everyone’s attention and interrupted me.
“It’s 3D,”
he whispered, patting my shoulder. “You better get in line, you don’t
want to miss it,” he added, pushing me toward the door and disappearing
into the line of people. It seemed legitimate. Right?
My Review
Well done. That successfully creeped me out. Even though I knew what the book was about, I still read it with increasing dread.
Tabitha Short
Tabitha
Short is the writer of many horror short stories including The Please
DO Feed the Animals ZOO and The Roller Coaster of Death (found in the
compilation titled Misery Loves Company, releasing in Dec. 2012). Her YA
novel, Arena Games: Petrova's Legacy, is contracted and due for
publication in Spring 2013. You can purchase her books at itunes,
barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com and smashwords.com.
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