by Grivante Who remembers that candy bar from the 80’s? I used to love them, though this post actually has nothing to do with them, it has to do with what we call our favorite dead monsters! One of the most challenging things as an author of zombie fiction is coming up with new things …
by Jack Wallen Six years ago today, I published I Zombie I. That was my first horror-centric novel (after having written mostly thrillers and the Shero series). I’d held off for years, writing within the horror genre, simply because I wanted to ensure I had chops enough to serve the genre I’d loved for so …
This story appears in the charity anthology Treasured Chests: Cameron Gather lay on a narrow bed in a little room off the main emergency room ward at Saint Helen’s Hospital, absently rubbing her bulging stomach, waiting for the doctor to examine her. She stared up at the ceiling, breathing slowly like they’d taught her to …
by Adrienne Lecter Let’s not debate how realistic the central premise of a zombie apocalypse is—options vary greatly from contaminated food to a randomly mutated virus outbreak—but instead revel in the glory that is raw, gory truth. Because let’s face it—if the undead rise and you manage to survive the first, say, week or so, …
by Ken Stark My dive into the undead pool began with questions. I spent a lot of years studying the sciences, so even though I’ve loved zombies since forever, I’ve had my problems with them too. Why don’t zombies’ eyes dry out? With no peristalsis and no active salivary glands, how do they swallow their …
FALLEN, a Flash prequel, only available in the Undead Worlds anthology! I’ve wanted to get Harold the Anchorman’s story out there for quite some time and I’m excited to present it with 21 other Zombie themed stories! What better way to celebrate than to give something back to my readers! Come on over and sign …
* The truck sputters to a stop and Jay Wilburn curses as he steps out. He sees the collapsed and abandoned tents from the old army camp. He’s already searched them, but he heads that direction to see if there is anything else he might be able to use. Maybe fuel for the truck. * …
* The truck rolls to a stop on the coastal highway. James Dean and two other men step out. They pace out a few feet ahead to the sound of the waves. The men hold their weapons at the ready as Dean marks off towns, neighborhoods, and resorts they already searched on the map with …
*With the armies gathered behind, they face Armand Rosamilia’s forces under the next overpass on the freeway. This is Florida, so there is no high ground and no clear winner yet. Chris Philbrook stands at the front of combined forces of the survivors. The Warlord Rosamilia has grown his numbers through his treasury of M&M’s.* …
by Jay Wilburn Great zombie stories build the human characters in the midst of the zombie monsters. Still, there is a need to build the monsters whether they are zombies, vampires, werewolves, a surrogate for these tropes, or something completely new. Zombies can be mindless and empty, but there has to be something built into …
