By James Schannep Why are zombies so popular? Well, for many, it’s a call to action. We’re Luke Skywalker, caught in the dregs of daily life, and the zombie apocalypse serves as the storm troopers coming to burn down our uncle’s homestead. Ready or not, time for adventure. Or (in case you’re not as big …
by Rebecca Besser Regardless of whether the world falls apart in a zombie apocalypse, an epidemic, or an economic collapse, everyone should be prepared for the worst. Why? Because it’s better to have information and skills you don’t need than need information and skills you don’t have. For example, I learned how to butcher small …
A story from the Dying Days universe … 1 George hadn’t really taken the whole zombie apocalypse thing seriously until he’d shot his beloved Sally between the eyes. Sure, he’d had to venture out in the abandoned neighborhood, from time-to-time, looking for some supplies, but it had never struck home. In all the mess after …
by Adrienne Lecter If you take all the special ops guys and gals from the popular novels in the genre, they must be ten times as many SEALs or Rangers than exist in real life. Maybe even a hundred times that number. And why not? Who wouldn’t want any of them on your zombie apocalypse …
by Lauren M Wilson My zeal for zombies began when I was home from college visiting family for the holidays. It was 2001, and the survival horror video game franchise Resident Evil was making a bloody splash. My little brother and his best friend were having a sleep over, which I promptly crashed when I …
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 …
by James D Dean This actually is an extension of a question that was asked during my time as the host of Zombie Book of the Month club. One reader asked a simple question, why are there so many authors that believe that a farm is the perfect stronghold to ride out the hordes of …
by Chris Philbrook In this issue of Zombopolitan Magazine…. What kind of zompoc reader are you?! We took a survey of a few people who reader the zombie genre, and came up with these handy-dandy reader categories! Which are you?! The Prepper: You only read post-apocalyptic fiction looking at it like it was a training …
ONE Five days and a Coke Binge Ago “I’m telling you, straight up, FLXS does not stand for For Love of Existential Sex.” “That’s right, ladies and gents, you heard it here on WXVX first—straight from the source’s mouth. That’s Jon F., the singer for the hottest metal band in the world, FLXS, answering the …
by Grivante Yes, we know they are dead, but the genre as a whole continues to thrive. What started for many with the “of the dead” series by George Romero and more modernly brought into the spotlight by Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead” is now a robust and dynamic genre filled with a variety of …
