by James Schannep Okay, here goes. We can all agree that senseless gun violence is atrocious and that mental health needs to be addressed in our country. Don’t worry, this is not a rant about the Second Amendment. It is, however, a rant about the revitalized call to ban violence in movies, television, video games, …
by Brent Abell If another writer came up to me and asked about working in either my Southern Devils or White Creek worlds; I’m not sure how’d I’d react. Would I be like an over-protective father and lock my kids up in a tower or would I throw open the doors and let the kids …
Zombie School Lockdown is part of Grivante’s Zee Brothers series. Office chairs and zombies filled the hallway like litter. Jonah rushed into the room to see Judas and the girl getting up from under the desk. “Help me grab these chairs. They’re slowing them down and creating a bottleneck.” “You got it!” Judas said, grabbing …
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 …
Stage 3: Alpha is the exciting sequel to Stage 3 by Ken Stark. “Across the street,” she hushed, grabbing Lucy’s hand and half-dragging her toward the bodega, “Now!” They were almost out of time. The two charging alphas were joined by another, then two bloodied faces rose up from the belly of a dead man …
by Armand Rosamilia I think I touched on this during the Summer of Zombie tour but it bears repeating. It’s going to be weird to not write these characters and another Dying Days book. Darlene Bobich started out as a quick flash fiction character. Nothing more. I even asked on Facebook for a name I …
by Jessica Gomez Are you ever in a store, restaurant, or even at work when you think, what would I do if the zombie apocalypse happened at this moment? I have. More than I probably should. I have escape routes and plans all over the place. The major question you have to ask yourself is, …
by James D Dean The sound that interrupted me was not human. The screeching roar that suddenly erupted from within the woods belonged to no man or beast I had ever heard. It was as if hell itself had opened up and its herald had sounded its first trumpet. The air stilled as my breath …
by Chris Philbrook I want to write a new zombie novel. Not a new novel in the Adrian’s Undead Diary series, but something entirely new. A new concept. A new cause. A new perspective. A new plot. Not that there’s anything wrong with the popular trope of “surviving the apocalypse” or “surviving the initial outbreak.” …
by Lauren M Wilson Recipe Share: Roasted Garden Vegetable Medley In a post-apocalyptic world where supermarkets no longer exist, if you want fresh veggies you’re gonna have to grow them yourself. The communities in The Walking Dead have found ingenious ways to grow fresh food, planting crops in filing cabinets, truck tires, pots and anywhere …
