One story that stands out from Matthews and Poe’s interpretations of short stories is “First Person Shooter”. It does comply with his condition that a short story “shows one action, in one place, in one day.” The story revolves around the interaction between two coworkers in a zombie, with the store serving as the “one place”, and the overnight shift as the “one day”. This is the furthest this story goes with the definition, as it subverts every other expectation of a short story as established by Matthews. He qualifies a short story as something which “deals with a single character, a single event, a single emotion.” At first glance this description seems to apply, since the main focus of the story is the appearance of the zombie and the two coworkers’ reactions. However, Yu somehow uses this event to complicate the story and the emotions involved. Initially the appearance of the zombie incites fear, but when we see the character nonchalantly advise the zombie on makeup choice, it