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Keep calm. Carry on. Barricade your street.


It's a soap opera – there's love, lies, affairs, neighbour disputes they may even be a murder or two but it's all set with a backdrop of the zombie apocalypse! It's set in good old Blighty, but King Charles doesn't make an appearance!

1-1 Maple Close
Come and meet some of the residents of Maple Close. Something's happening in Europe. It's not here. Yet.

1-2 Jeff / Emma
Jeff and Emma argue about finances

1-3 Liam
The Night Shift at a 24 hour Tesco store is not usually something to talk about, but for Liam, tonight would be different.

1-4 Tom / Mariana
Meet two more of the residents of Maple Close.

1-5 Leslie / Amanda
Just two young women trying to live their lives unfortunately, everyone has an opinion…

1-6 Margaret / Alan
Margaret likes to watch people. Some people got that nosy. Alan, her long suffering husband just wants to keep the peace.

2-1 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff and Matilda arrive at school. Jeff makes his intentions towards Matilda clear.

2-2 Clara
Nurse Clara Hughes arrives for the start of a very demanding shift at the hospital

2-3 Sophie
Sophie begins to suspect Jeff is doing something he shouldn't be.

2-4 Emma
Emma arrives at the hospital and discusses her money loss

2-5 Liam
Heading home from work, and his injury is getting worse.

2-6 Meet the Street #1
Meet some of the residents of the cul-de-sac

3-1 Glenford
Something is clearly happening, and Glen encounters at the supermarket.

3-2 Liam
Liam's infection is getting worse and someone notices

3-3 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff's class is interrupted by news of a potential school closure with the health crisis cited as the reason

3-4 Trudy
Trudy learns some worrying information about the infection

3-5 Meet the Street #2
Meet some more of the residents of Maple Close

4-1 Trudy / Glen
Trudy tries to get help from her neighbour with the body in the street

4-2 Jeff / Matilda / Sophie
Jeffs day at school is interrupted with news of an immediate closure

4-3 Liam
Liam has chance to consider his possible infection. He keeps it hidden from his son.

4-4 Clara
Clara faces a busy day in the accidental emergency department

4-5 Meet the Street #3
Meet the final few characters of Maple Close

5-1 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff and Matilda return home from school to find a panicked Trudy

5-2 Jeff / Emma
Emma returns from a busy day to hear more about the missing body

5-3 Amanda / Leslie
Amanda and Leslie get caught up in the missing body story

5-4 Margaret / Alan
Margaret and Alan continue to watch the street and wonder what everyone is saying

5-5 Maple Grove
The road is finally silent. Everyone is inside. And the prime minister finally gets to speak.

6-2 Trudy / Margaret / Glen
The morning after the lockdown instructions brings danger to the cul-de-sac

6-1 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff finds time to be with Matilda, but Matilda wants more

6-3 Sophie / Liam
Liam's infection grows worse, and Sophie finds more evidence of Matilda's affair with Jeff

6-4 Tom / Mariana
Tom sees something in the street that makes him take note. And photographs.

7-2 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
Margaret Glen and Trudy meet to discuss what to do about the body in the garden

7-2 Tom
Tom needs to find out what was going on at the end of his street

7-3 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff receives yet another visit from Matilda. This time at an inconvenient time

7-4 Clara
We get a brief insight into Clara's shift at the hospital, and it's not good

8-1 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
Margaret thinks back on a troubling night and discovers at Trudy and Glen have experienced similar nightmares

7-5 Sophie / Liam
Liam returns from another difficult shift and Sophie confirm her suspicions about Matilda

8-2 Tom
Tom has new ammunition and he is looking for a way to best utilise it

8-3 Jeff
Jeff reflects on a difficult update by the Prime Minister

8-4 Jeff / Matilda / Sophie
Matilda visits Jeff and puts him in a difficult position. Sophie turns up and almost catches him in the act.

8-5 Clara
As Clara starts her second day straight at the hospital, things start to go from bad to worse

8-6 Amanda / Leslie
Amanda and Leslie began to sense that something bad is coming

9-1 Tom
Tom is spending his evening wondering how he can find out Margaret's secret

9-2 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
Margaret Glen and Trudy discuss the worrying note that landed on Margarets doormat

9-3 Jeff / Matilda / Sophie
The net closes in on Jeff and Matilda

9-4 Sophie / Liam
Sophie returns from her confrontation with Jeff and Liam returns from work with bad news

9-5 Margaret / Trudy / Glen
Margaret, Trudy and Glen meet to talk more about hiding Jerry's body

10-1 Jeff / Tom
Tom and Jeff are awoken in the middle of the night by a scream that they both decide to investigate

10-2 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
The three neighbours continue their hunt to find Jerry's missing body

10-3 Liam
Liam encounters the recently risen Jerry, and has to keep him from telling any secrets about him

10-4 Sophie
Sophie goes out to check on the commotion and has her suspicions confirmed

10-5 Dylan / Clara
Dylan hears a scream in the night and investigates.

11-2 Clara / Glen / Hargreaves
Clara's shift comes to an end early and she brings home someone from the hospital. Crazed people come onto the street.

11-1 Clara
Clara's day gets off to a rough start at the hospital. Apparently armed police are needed in the emergency room now…

11-3 Clara / Hargreaves
Clara recounts the story of how she met Hargreaves. As we said before, it was a difficult day at the hospital.

11-4 Glen / Leslie
Following on from the earlier battle, Glen tries to take charge and organise the residents

11-5 Sophie / Liam
Sophie and Liam witness the shooting in the street and Liam faces reality with his growing infection

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#66 in Top Books!

Keep calm. Carry on. Barricade your street.


It's a soap opera – there's love, lies, affairs, neighbour disputes they may even be a murder or two but it's all set with a backdrop of the zombie apocalypse! It's set in good old Blighty, but King Charles doesn't make an appearance!



1-1 Maple Close
Come and meet some of the residents of Maple Close. Something's happening in Europe. It's not here. Yet.

1-2 Jeff / Emma
Jeff and Emma argue about finances

1-3 Liam
The Night Shift at a 24 hour Tesco store is not usually something to talk about, but for Liam, tonight would be different.

1-4 Tom / Mariana
Meet two more of the residents of Maple Close.

1-5 Leslie / Amanda
Just two young women trying to live their lives unfortunately, everyone has an opinion…

1-6 Margaret / Alan
Margaret likes to watch people. Some people got that nosy. Alan, her long suffering husband just wants to keep the peace.

2-1 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff and Matilda arrive at school. Jeff makes his intentions towards Matilda clear.

2-2 Clara
Nurse Clara Hughes arrives for the start of a very demanding shift at the hospital

2-3 Sophie
Sophie begins to suspect Jeff is doing something he shouldn't be.

2-4 Emma
Emma arrives at the hospital and discusses her money loss

2-5 Liam
Heading home from work, and his injury is getting worse.

2-6 Meet the Street #1
Meet some of the residents of the cul-de-sac

3-1 Glenford
Something is clearly happening, and Glen encounters at the supermarket.

3-2 Liam
Liam's infection is getting worse and someone notices

3-3 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff's class is interrupted by news of a potential school closure with the health crisis cited as the reason

3-4 Trudy
Trudy learns some worrying information about the infection

3-5 Meet the Street #2
Meet some more of the residents of Maple Close

4-1 Trudy / Glen
Trudy tries to get help from her neighbour with the body in the street

4-2 Jeff / Matilda / Sophie
Jeffs day at school is interrupted with news of an immediate closure

4-3 Liam
Liam has chance to consider his possible infection. He keeps it hidden from his son.

4-4 Clara
Clara faces a busy day in the accidental emergency department

4-5 Meet the Street #3
Meet the final few characters of Maple Close

5-1 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff and Matilda return home from school to find a panicked Trudy

5-2 Jeff / Emma
Emma returns from a busy day to hear more about the missing body

5-3 Amanda / Leslie
Amanda and Leslie get caught up in the missing body story

5-4 Margaret / Alan
Margaret and Alan continue to watch the street and wonder what everyone is saying

5-5 Maple Grove
The road is finally silent. Everyone is inside. And the prime minister finally gets to speak.

6-2 Trudy / Margaret / Glen
The morning after the lockdown instructions brings danger to the cul-de-sac

6-1 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff finds time to be with Matilda, but Matilda wants more

6-3 Sophie / Liam
Liam's infection grows worse, and Sophie finds more evidence of Matilda's affair with Jeff

6-4 Tom / Mariana
Tom sees something in the street that makes him take note. And photographs.

7-2 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
Margaret Glen and Trudy meet to discuss what to do about the body in the garden

7-2 Tom
Tom needs to find out what was going on at the end of his street

7-3 Jeff / Matilda
Jeff receives yet another visit from Matilda. This time at an inconvenient time

7-4 Clara
We get a brief insight into Clara's shift at the hospital, and it's not good

8-1 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
Margaret thinks back on a troubling night and discovers at Trudy and Glen have experienced similar nightmares

7-5 Sophie / Liam
Liam returns from another difficult shift and Sophie confirm her suspicions about Matilda

8-2 Tom
Tom has new ammunition and he is looking for a way to best utilise it

8-3 Jeff
Jeff reflects on a difficult update by the Prime Minister

8-4 Jeff / Matilda / Sophie
Matilda visits Jeff and puts him in a difficult position. Sophie turns up and almost catches him in the act.

8-5 Clara
As Clara starts her second day straight at the hospital, things start to go from bad to worse

8-6 Amanda / Leslie
Amanda and Leslie began to sense that something bad is coming

9-1 Tom
Tom is spending his evening wondering how he can find out Margaret's secret

9-2 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
Margaret Glen and Trudy discuss the worrying note that landed on Margarets doormat

9-3 Jeff / Matilda / Sophie
The net closes in on Jeff and Matilda

9-4 Sophie / Liam
Sophie returns from her confrontation with Jeff and Liam returns from work with bad news

9-5 Margaret / Trudy / Glen
Margaret, Trudy and Glen meet to talk more about hiding Jerry's body

10-1 Jeff / Tom
Tom and Jeff are awoken in the middle of the night by a scream that they both decide to investigate

10-2 Margaret / Glen / Trudy
The three neighbours continue their hunt to find Jerry's missing body

10-3 Liam
Liam encounters the recently risen Jerry, and has to keep him from telling any secrets about him

10-4 Sophie
Sophie goes out to check on the commotion and has her suspicions confirmed

10-5 Dylan / Clara
Dylan hears a scream in the night and investigates.

11-2 Clara / Glen / Hargreaves
Clara's shift comes to an end early and she brings home someone from the hospital. Crazed people come onto the street.

11-1 Clara
Clara's day gets off to a rough start at the hospital. Apparently armed police are needed in the emergency room now…

11-3 Clara / Hargreaves
Clara recounts the story of how she met Hargreaves. As we said before, it was a difficult day at the hospital.

11-4 Glen / Leslie
Following on from the earlier battle, Glen tries to take charge and organise the residents

11-5 Sophie / Liam
Sophie and Liam witness the shooting in the street and Liam faces reality with his growing infection

Want more?


This is the last chapter Steve Boseley has posted.

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