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 …
by Armand Rosamilia This is less a blog post and more a love letter to the readers. Now, before you go throw up in the corner, hear me out… I owe my career to the readers. Yeah, all writers say this. I mean, it is true. But in my case, it was the readers of …
by Brent Abell Zombies are a part of pop culture for better or for worse. Most things within the horror genre run in cycles, but right now it seems like the zombie will keep shambling for years to come. What is it about them that we devour everything we can about them? Do we really …
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. …
The final book in the celebrated Dying Days series Chapter One Tosha had lost her weapon, Mitch, and was losing her sanity. She heard the next shot but didn’t feel pain so knew she hadn’t been hit. It was only a matter of time before she was struck by a stray bullet. There was nowhere …
