by Jay Wilburn Peter Welmerink has made his mark on the zombie genre with his Transport series. Even though Joe Cross is within that same universe, I sense a new energy and fire in Welmerink’s writing with these books. Bull takes the Joe Cross books to a whole new level. Welmerink writes so much more …
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It’s Not All About Zombies. Really! — Peter Welmerink #SummerZombie
by Peter Welmerink When I wrote my current JOE CROSS novellas, or my TRANSPORT Series–where, yes, the undead roam the land, and are even kept quarantined, guarded and *gasp* protected in the larger city of my fictional literary wanderings—I had not originally set out to write strictly a book populated with zombies. In fact, the …
Teaser from Bull by Peter Welmerink #SummerZombie
“Peter Welmerink found some magic when he moved into the Joe Cross stories to expand his Transport universe. When he created his monsters, both human and otherwise, for BULL, that magic turned dark and I don’t think he’ll ever get it back in the bottle. This book is insane in the way a great zombie …
Spotlight On Peter Welmerink #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thanks for having me. Tell everyone your name … What are you doing? Peter Welmerink: Peter Welmerink *Looks outside. Slams bunker door with the sound of a vault or tomb* Did anyone follow you? Did you leave a trail? Jay: I don’t think so. Welmerink: You think so or you …
The Case for Peter Welmerink
by Jay Wilburn Peter Welmerink describes his zombie stories as POST post zompocalypse. Where other writers might tend to focus on the outbreak and the zombies pulling society apart, Welmerink enjoys looking at the other side of the zombie apocalypse when things start to come back together for society. His stories explore what that social …
Writing Dead
by Peter Welmerink I really never envisioned myself writing, and enjoying, writing about the Undead, or writing about local post-apocalyptic times. I don’t see myself as a Horror writer. I am definitely not filled with a sense of doom and gloom for today, or the future. (Though definitely worried about our country, especially the upcoming …
A Snippet of Joe Cross: Run with the Devil by Peter Welmerink
Excerpt from Joe Cross by Peter Welmerink … They circle his vehicle like turkey buzzards around a fresh carcass. The vultures are on the ground, human vultures, picking Lacey clean as Joe stands three steps away flanked by two hulking Reganshire men. Reganites, they call themselves. He watches the chains, clamps and bungees come off. …
I’m not Afraid of the Undead — A journal entry by Joe Cross
by Peter Welmerink I’m not afraid of the Undead Journal Entry – Joe Cross – June 24, 2026 I watched my family burn alive in a hotel in Alsip. I saw the undead hordes swarm the blazing building. I heard the screams of the dying, both from living vocal cords, and from unliving vocal cords …
Spotlight On Peter Welmerink #SummerZombie
Spotlight On interview with Peter Welmerink author of the Transport series and Joe Cross Summer of Zombie 2016 Q: What’s your name, kid? Peter Welmerink Q: What is your latest release? Running with the Devil Q: Tell us about it. Joe Cross, Urban Salvage Engineer, is new to the town of Reganshire. To keep his …