Bradley L. Bodeker

Rants and poems written in a bar while sorting out the grief process. fueled on whiskey and rage. added excerpts of a working memoir, personal thoughts on loss and love. a drunken look at surviving cancer, losing a mother, grandmother, a dog and a few lost loves. Like a country song in book form.

Alien abduction, cannibalistic mechanics, existential hotels, zombie apocalypse, ancient evil awakened to feed on mankind, a parade for Armageddon and nightmarish road trips all brought together to send you on a roller coaster ride through the hellish catacombs of the author's mind. Bradley L. Bodeker's second volume of short horror fiction including the short story sequel to his best-selling "Zechariah 14:12-humanity's last stand".

In the small rural town of Fair Lakes, MN. Len Emerson wakes up, takes his ritual morning pee, makes a pot of coffee, and then takes his dog Jack out for his own bit of business. That's when it all goes wrong.A virus that makes its home in the frontal lobes of its host and turns them into ravenous eating machines has infected the United States and most of the world.Len must rescue his kids and their grandmother and make it to the hospital where his wife works. But the R.A.C.-V (ReAnimated Corpse-Virus) has run rampant in the hospital and Kris Emerson must escape the ravaged hospital. In a series of faltering "safe zones" in his small town, Len is running out of options and time to save and reunite his family, and make one last stand for humanity.Not your typical gore fest of zombiedom, but a real look into the hearts and minds of those trying to survive a world gone mad. You won't want to put this book down

A collection of short horror stories I've written since i was 14. Some sci-fi, horror, dark humor, etc. From zombies, deadly camping trips, satanic road trips, and the legend of "the anti-claus". It's all wrapped up here in this ride through the funhouse of my brain. inside: The Empty Cell: an strange inmate at the Moon Valley County Jail opens a portal to meet his "god". It's not who you think it is. The Hurdy Gurdy Man: a young boy pesters his parents enough to pull over to a gas station to relieve himself. At an old abandoned looking gas station, he meets an ancient evil. A Few Bumps with the Big G: Mr. Delaney is fed up with the Big G getting away with everything and in a meeting at a St. Paul Pub, he confronts the most powerful man on Earth. Row 137: a farmer witnesses strange sounds in the sky and then suddenly watches the world around him fall apart. Alien invasion or government conspiracy? The Ballad of Lou Bradford: A Fair Lakes Police officer is killed in the line of duty, in the afterlife he is given two choices. Midnight Snacks: a vampire and a zombie have a moral catfight in a nightclub bathroom. Road Trip: a business trip to New Orleans during the mardi gras turns into a nightmare and it's a long way home to Minnesota when everyone wants you dead. Anti-Claus is comin' to town: The Gilbertson family finds out what happens to all the boys and girls on Santa's "naughty list". The Ballad of Memphis: Disaster strikes when multi-billionaire Memphis Burroughs launches "The Memphis Belle", the world's first star plane into orbit. 27: What do Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse and Stu Graham have in common? The Last Stronghold: humanity is ravaged by a virus, and takes it's last stand against a hungry horde of infected. Nex Lacus: a family camping trip to a cursed lake really does turn into their "last vacation" of the year.