by Jay Wilburn It’s Cyber Monday. Back when Internet shopping was new and magical, the Monday after Thanksgiving became the biggest online shopping day of the year. Now, we just call “online shopping” … shopping and we do it every Monday. Still, if you are recovered from your Black Friday shopping injuries, you may still …
Tag: Jack Wallen
The Case for Jack Wallen #WinterZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jack Wallen is a fixture in the Summer and Winter of Zombie blog tours. He is also a key player in the zombie genre with his I Zombie series and his ongoing stories in other venues as well. You can check out the case for post for him from last summer to …
Black Friday Apocalyptic Gift List #WinterZombie
Welcome back to the Winter of Zombie tour. It is the day after American Thanksgiving. Traditionally, this is the day thankful people with their bellies full of turkey go out to the stores in the dark hours before they open and then trample their competition to get deals on stuff and things. Yikes!!! Some people …
Can You Honestly Survive a Zombie Apocalypse? #WinterZombie
by Jack Wallen Could you honestly survive the apocalypse? I spend a good deal of my time dreaming up scenarios surrounded by post-apocalyptic death and destruction. It comes with the territory…being a writer of the dark fantastic that is zombie horror. Because of this, I get one particular question lobbed at me almost daily. Could …
Teaser from Buy Zombie Buy by Jack Wallen #WinterZombie
Check out this teaser from Jack Wallen’s Buy Zombie Buy, then buy it! Or begin with I Zombie I. From Buy Zombie Buy by Jack Wallen one | just run “Go.” The voice was a mixture of static and nerves. Truth be told, the nerves were all me. My heart thumped in my ears, skewing …
Keeping the Zombie Genre Fresh #WinterZombie
by Jack Wallen It sounds a bit antithetical…keeping a genre about rotting flesh fresh. But after decades of zombie stomping around celluloid, paper, and ereaders, one might easily begin to wonder (or wander, if you’re so inclined) how a sub-genre has managed to not become stale. Considering how this issue is exponentially exacerbated by the …
Election Day 2016 Apocalyptic Reading List #WinterZombie
by Jay Wilburn Depending on how this election goes, different portions of the nation and globe will be quite upset. Some think it is the end of the world. Whether the apocalypse begins now or just feels like it might, you want to have some good books by your side to guide you through those …
Middletown Takes New York
by Jay Wilburn I have spoken at length about my respect for the Middletown anthology series that is the brain child of Jack Wallen. He had the idea of establishing a story premise. It was not a shared world, but rather was a shared premise. The town, a character, the outbreak, the starting point, and …
Spotlight On Jack Wallen #WinterZombie
Jay Wilburn: Your mother named you something. What was it?! Jack Wallen: Jack Wallen Jay: That sounds like a super spy’s name. Jack: That is my back-up career if writing ever slows down. Jay: What is your latest release? Jack: Buy Zombie Buy Jay: Walk me through it. Jack: Chaos has spread its deadly fingers …
Welcome to the Apocalypse 2016 #WinterZombie
by Jay Wilburn Winter of Zombie 2016 is underway. We are very excited to be part of helping you celebrate the apocalyptic possibilities represented in 2016. We are aware it is an election month here in the United States and many people are expecting a full on apocalypse depending on the results and your particular …