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Mid-Afternoon of the Living Dead is a short story printed in Turtle Soup (vol. 2) issue 2.
Appearing in Mid-Afternoon of the Living Dead[]
Major characters[]
Minor characters[]
- Kevin (debut) (death)
- Pete (debut) (death)
Species[]
- Humans
- Mutant turtles
- Worms
- Zombies
Locations[]
- Ever-Rest Cemetery
Synopis[]
Ghoulish narrator Abner Cadaver welcomes the reader to this tale, introducing himself and telling of a strange "meteor" that has crashed in Ever-Rest Cemetery. Only, this isn't really a meteor, but a literal can of worms.
Two hapless meteor chasers, Kevin and Pete, attempt to seek out the crash site, but are instead attacked by zombies that have been animated by the worms.
Cadaver then tells us that the Turtles are nearby, about to embark on a fishing excursion - only their bait has been eaten by Michaelangelo, who mistook it for anchovies. They spot a local farmer approaching, to ask him where they can go get more bait, and he turns out to be a zombie. The turtles are quickly surrounded by more of the undead, and take task to lobbing off their heads.
The turtles' bait problem is solved by harvesting the worms from the zombies, but Abner tells us that they just may be in for more than fish for dinner, implying that the worms used for bait may also be on "the menu".