Short story about a zombie apocalypse and a young widow's confrontation with her dead husband.
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Home Delivery is a short story by American author Stephen King, first published in the anthology Book of the Dead (1989) and later included in his collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes. The story follows Maddie Pace, a pregnant widow whose husband has died in a fishing boat accident, as she confronts reanimated dead bodies attacking the living. In the story, Maddie must decide whether to destroy her dead husband or watch him die again.
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