This story was written at the request of George R. Romero, the writer-director of Night of the Living Dead, and the godfather of the entire modern zombie genre. George was a friend and colleague, and we co-edited an anthology, Nights of the Living Dead (St. Martins, 2017), which was released just five days before he passed. George had asked me to take a character from Fall of Night and bring him into the world of his landmark 1968 movie, and this is that story.