by Jay Wilburn Smart money is supposed to be on novels. Smarter money is supposed to be on a series. The smartest money is probably on not writing at all and especially not writing about zombies. We don’t all get accused of being smart every day though. I think there are great things to be …
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The Thin Margin Between Good and Bad Zombie Stories
by Jay Wilburn In the past I have been very forgiving of bad zombie movies. I watched a ton of them. I loved some of them. I saw it as the cost of finding the great movies out of the trash. Even now, I’ll still really like a marginal zombie movie. I have also found …
Waiting on the Bump
by Jay Wilburn I am largely apolitical. I have opinions on politics, but not strong enough to put in the effort to argue over them. Almost dying made a lot of stuff way less important to me. It made it a lot harder for me to maintain a conflict. I just don’t have the energy …
Play Too Much
A Round Robin story written by the featured authors of the Winter on Zombie blog tour 2017. 1 Chase tripped over a plastic container of board games in the middle of the floor. Pink and blue money fell out of Monopoly. Tiny plastic cars fell out of another game. They had been here …
Before Danse Macabre #StephenKingRevisited
by Jay Wilburn The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s works in the order that they were published. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance had the vision. I’m doing it because I am a writer and I want to improve my fiction. I think there is something to be learned through this challenge. As …
After Roadwork #StephenKingRevisited
by Jay Wilburn The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s novels and collections and assorted other publications in their order of publication. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance set out the challenge for himself and invited others to join in. It is an idea which indulges my obsession with King’s writing. I’m doing it …
Before Scares That Care! Weekend
by Jay Wilburn Scares That Care Weekend Convention is this coming weekend as of the time I am writing this. It will run from July 21 – 23, 2017. I hope to see many of you there. You can check out details here. Or you can follow along on my Jay Wilburn Author Page on …
Before Roadwork #StephenKingRevisited
by Jay Wilburn The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s works in the order that they were published. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance had the vision. I’m doing it because I am a writer and I want to improve my fiction. I think there is something to be learned through this challenge. As …
After Firestarter #StephenKingRevisited
by Jay Wilburn The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s novels and collections and assorted other publications in their order of publication. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance set out the challenge for himself and invited others to join in. It is an idea which indulges my obsession with King’s writing. I’m doing it …
Bonus Teaser from Frankenstein Theory by Jack Wallen #SummerZombie
Check out this bonus teaser from one of Jack Wallen’s strongest horror novels … Excerpt from Frankenstein Theory by Jack Wallen Act One: A Beginning of Sorts 1790 Ingolstadt, Germany O N E I awoke in a pool of my own sick and sweat. The cause? A nightmare—of blood and offal, skeletal puzzles and …