Here be my entry for the Melancholy contest by AdamsHeller and -DaniL.

I'm not one who's particularly good with stories or naming things in a manner that is isn't stoopid, but here's the idea/stroy behind this guy (besides being a zombie sorta thing in an apocalypse, I'm the essence of originality :D)!

A heroic survivor of the nuclear fallout finally emerged from his makeshift bunker. At his door he was immediately torn apart by the creatures born in the nuclear hell-scape. He fell back into his dank dwelling where spores claimed his now lifeless form creating this broken lumbering husk to wander the new world. I guess something survived at least.

It's just a long winded way of saying it's a zombie of sorts!

I was also trying a thing with the mushrooms, anyway I hope you like it!