The Zombie Who Still Calls Me Mom

Ten-year-old Mia is bitten and wakes with white eyes and deathly pale skin. She lunges at her mother—only to be stopped by the same familiar slap that always brought her back. From that night on, Olivia ties her daughter with a leather rope, sews a muzzle with her own hands, and forces bitter medicine down her throat. When the whole world wants the “monster” dead, she only says: “She is my daughter.” Driven out, they wander. Mia runs away to protect her mom, yet charges back through the horde again and again. She can only growl—yet forces out the word that breaks every heart: “Mommy.” Even as a zombie, I still only want to be your girl.