by Jay Wilburn Shawn Chesser is a favorite of many zombie readers and many fans of this tour, myself included. His Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series is up to book twelve and still going strong. There is an intensity and focus to his storytelling which has earned him loyal fans. Abyss is his featured work …
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Teaser from Abyss by Shawn Chesser
This is the latest from the ongoing Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series. Eyes tearing up from the wall of stench pouring from the rear of the van, Cade contorted his body to escape the bloated, living corpse tumbling through the open door. Beginning to fall backwards, he regarded the male Z through what amounted to …
Seven Stages of a Chesser Novel
by Shawn Chesser Stage 1: Oh Crap! I promised what, to whom, when? Like one of those well-dressed Sunday morning callers bearing flimsy paper pamphlets, this gut-clenching realization comes a’ knocking the moment my book release party is over and I’m shutting the laptop—“For a month, honey. I promise”—and pushing away from the office desk. …
Missing My Friend, Steve-O
by Shawn Chesser As a fiction writer, I derive inspiration for my characters from many sources: friends, famous people, strangers, my kids’ teachers, neighbors, and my favorite—family. While the majority of my characters are conjured up solely by my imagination, the ones I seem to connect most with are based on family. In my Surviving …
Spotlight On Shawn Chesser
*Jay Wilburn walks up a deserted road. Houses lay collapsed on both sides and grasses encroach on the broken edges of the asphalt. Military vehicles pull out in front of and behind him. Men and women with weapons drawn aim down on Jay on all sides. Jay raises his hands.* Jay Wilburn: I’m here to …
Alumni Post — Where Are They Now? — Authors of SOZ and WOZ past #SummerZombie 2017
by Jay Wilburn As of the the end of this tour, Armand Rosamilia will have been doing the zombie tours for over six years now as a host or a featured author. He began with the Summer of Zombie tours and the Winter of Zombie tours have been running almost as long. Some years he …
So Zombies Are Finally Here … Now What? #WinterZombie
by Thad David I was considering the things I would miss most once zombies take over because let’s face it, we all know it’s inevitable. Consider this for a moment, 95% of the worlds population is gone. Everything you have ever known is gone. We will all miss the obvious: your family, friends, email, internet, …
The Case for Shawn Chesser
by Jay Wilburn With Drawl, Shawn Chesser’s Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series is in its tenth volume. Each story explores a different corner of the expanding world of his zombie outbreak. One thing that stands out with this series for me as a reader is the character focus. Drawl goes back to look at the …
My Soundtrack for the Apocalypse
by Shawn Chesser Music in film and television oftentimes sets the mood for a particular scene. For instance, a slow, drawn-out score heavy on bass and rich in timbre could be the prelude to a chase scene or perhaps foretell of a ratcheting-up of the onscreen action in general. Something more willowy and wispy (think …
A few thoughts on Drawl by Shawn Chesser
“A gut-wrenching, hard hitting series that will leave you breathless.” John O’Brien – Author of the New World series “Shawn Chesser is a master of the zombie genre.” Mark Tufo – Author of the Zombie Fallout series “Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the …