The Quivering Zombie

During the zombie apocalypse of November 2051, it was discovered that a select few zombies retained much of their intelligence. Charlie Nivell was one such zombie. This is his story. Charlie awakens in a graveyard. He discovers that he is dead, a zombie, spawned from the graveyard where he was buried. He has few memories, his wife is missing, and he finds himself under someone else's control and unable to stop himself from doing their nefarious bidding.
He dreams of an object, a red silk scarf, the last gift that he had given to his beloved wife when they were alive. He believes that it holds the key to freedom from those who have enslaved him, and freedom from his own ultimate fears.