We didn’t have enough bullets for everyone, so we had to draw lots. I lost. Typical.

“You should be glad,” they said. “You’ll get to live longer. In a way, we are the losers, right?”

Joke’s on them: I’ll eat their faces as soon as I turn into a zombie.

Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo is a Brazilian fiction writer based in São Paulo. His short fiction work has been featured in over a hundred collections in Brazilian Portuguese, exploring a wide variety of genres. His latest books are ‘Sinônimo de Rancor’ (2018, self-published), ‘Os Dias em que Rubia Viveu no Futuro’ (2019, Lendari), ’33’ (2020, Casa Literária) and ‘Poemas Chatos para Pessoas Ruins’ (2020, Darda Editora). See more at rodrigoortizvinholo.com.br (in Brazilian portuguese)