The Cough Is Loose

By Eric W. Cowperthwaite

When the Cough starts dropping people in the streets, most folks panic.

Jackson "Jack" Harlan and his wife Raych make coffee.

Retired Army Sergeant Major Jack always knew something like this could happen. While society unravels overnight, he and Raych load the white 4Runner, fire up the Coleman stove, and stick to the plan: proper percolator coffee, hot ham and beans, and controlled violence when necessary.

Armed with enough guns and ammo for a small army and an ironclad commitment to not becoming savages, Jack and Raych fight their way out of the suburbs, pick up fellow survivors, and lay down the golden rule that will define their apocalypse:

"We shoot the Walkers... then we go back to the beans."

A serialized military-flavored post-apocalyptic pulp story with World War Z realism, Zombieland humor, and stubborn civilization in the face of collapse. Because even when the dead start walking, breakfast doesn't cook itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H3WVJZ1R
• ISBN13: 9798996433001
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Teller of Stories Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"