Free Zomblog: Snoe's Journey by TW Brown Page B

under the NAA banner that made regular trips through our area and as far north as Alaska from what I recall hearing. The NAA was seen as a sort of aid, and I imagine that it seemed okay since they were supposedly being run by whatever remnants of the Old World United States government that had made it to that NORAD place and set up base.
    I recall this one person that Sam wrote about named Al Godwin. He had been found with cuffs still on his wrists. When things went bad on a run, it was immediately assumed that Al was back to being a bad guy. I know for a fact that Tom Langston never forgot, and when he built the first school house back when Corridor 26 was still being settled, he called it the Al Godwin Education and Community Center.
    I know that the EEF manual has a very detailed description of area landmarks in what is called the Penitentiary Zone. You are told to avoid contact with anybody from that area at all costs.
    And now…
    Now I am heading right for it.
     
    Thursday, August 18 th
     
    They are not shy about letting you know what lies ahead.
    We are still about fifty or so miles out, but there are signs saying this:
    You are heading into land claimed by FreeCon. We do not recognize any authority except our own. Representatives of any so-called government on behalf of a state and a nation that saw us as disposable will be killed. If we wanted to talk with or negotiate with you, we would have done so by now. Leave us alone to go about our business and turn back. There will be no warnings.
    Not the most hospitable bunch. Angel and the others did not seem to notice or care.
     
    Monday, August 22 nd
     
    I guess I should not be surprised that the Natives have people here. I imagine that means I should get you caught up here with the past few days’ events.
    We were riding north. What is it with crucifying people? The side of the road was an alley between rows of these huge crosses containing bodies in various states of decomposition. The only good thing is that it seems they chose to keep them above the reach of the undead, although, judging by the looks, I’d say that might not have exactly been an act of mercy.
    I got a good eyeful of what had to have been a torturous ending. The people had what looked like enormous metal spikes driven through their wrists and feet which were nailed to a little wooden wedge. Over time, some of the arms look to have eventually torn away and the body is twisted at an awkward angle that makes me wince and cringe just thinking about it.
    I noticed that some of the males have had their privates cut off. There a few other forms of mutilation. I saw a few missing hands, and it took me a while to make sense out what it was that seemed so off, but I eventually figured it out. Some of them have had their tongues cut out.
    Of course you really do not get a good look at the damage until you get to the ones closest to the City of the Walls. I’d never seen a real prison before, and I know that my dad was captured by the residents of one out east, but that place just had really tall fences. This place does in fact have enormous walls. However, they have secured a great deal of land around that central facility. They did not play around with stacking cars or any of that sort of thing. They just continued to add on to their walls.
    Freetown would actually give Las Vegas a run for its money. I do not know how this place could be here and we not be more aware of its presence up in Corridor 26. This town/city is huge and has a combination of solar, wind, and steam power up and running that would make even Warehouse City jealous.
    There are schools, stores, and even a playhouse. I mean a house where they put on shows! Since I imagine there are no worries about the original owners coming around and demanding they stop…or pay up, they apparently turn old movies into live productions.
    I may have grown up in the post zombie world, but there are some things from the Old World that are iconic. One such