Posts tagged apocalypse
The Crossing in McKinney’s Dead World
The Crossing is much shorter than I expected…not unlike zombie flash fiction. It takes place in the setting of the Dead World series, which fans will really enjoy. Samantha is a reporter who snuck into the Zone to expose the government’s lies about the infection and the people who were trapped there. She joins up with a small group right away, [...]
Domain of the Dead: Zombie Duality
Unlike most folks, I read Domain of the Dead by Iain McKinnon after I read Remains of the Dead, and I’m glad that I did. I felt god-like knowing what had happened to the ones that were left behind, while the three who flew off in the helicopter were left to wonder about the fate of their friends. You see, [...]
Meigs Releases The Michaluk Virus
I never heard of Jessica Meigs before The Becoming was released by Permuted Press…I just started hearing people talking about a zombie story that was written entirely on Blackberry. I can’t believe this is Meigs’ first novel! As for the story itself, a handful of survivors form a loose-knit group as a virus spreads out from Atlanta. First people go [...]
Zombies vs. Bigfoot: Eric S Brown [INTERVIEW]
Somewhere as far back as 2010, I talked to Eric S Brown about an interview, and he was all for making an appearance at The Zombiephiles, but we were both so busy, it didn’t happen until the very end of 2011, after I read Last Stand In A Dead Land. Last Stand (Grand Mal Press) was a unique blend of [...]
Fortunes & Failures in the Dead Series
Dead: Fortunes & Failures is the third installment in the Dead series by TW Brown. He did a great job of recapping prior events through flashback memories of the characters reminiscing about their survival experiences, but I strongly recommend revisiting the first two novels if you have the time. In Dead: Ugly Beginning, the first book in this series, a [...]
Forget The Postman, The Last Mailman Is The Real Badass!
The Last Mailman: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Zombies by Kevin J. Burke is not at all what I was expecting from the title. It is not about a man delivering mail between survivor outposts or anything like that. It’s about survivors trying to tie up loose ends, so they can move on with their new lives; sometimes they find [...]
Apocalyptic Asshole in The Undead Situation
I just finished reading The Undead Situation by Eloise J Knapp, and I’m starting to think that the latest trend in zombie novels is to make the protagonist a real asshole. I don’t mean someone unlikeable, I mean someone who keeps you hooked into the story because you want to watch them die a slow and agonizing death. Pretty much [...]
Remains of the Dead: ZOMBIE PLAGUE 1, MANKIND 0
Remains of the Dead by Iain McKinnon is one hell of a sequel to Domain of the Dead, but can easily function as a stand-alone. Technically, the two books are just different perspectives of the same timeline. In both, a helicopter full of soldiers is sent out from a military ship to bring back zombie specimens for the scientists to [...]
Matt O’Day & Zombies: From Paper to Screen
In the past I’ve interviewed book authors, illustrators, and actors…now I’m adding a script writer to my list. Since Zombie Apocalypse Redemption was released on DVD this month, I thought it would be interesting to sit down & chat with the writer, Matt O’Day, who is behind this thrilling indie film. You and the director Ryan Thompson worked so closely [...]
From Pen to Machete: TW Brown & His Body Count [INTERVIEW]
Are you ready for another zombie mash-up? I’m personally getting as tired of mash-ups as much as I am tired of zombie survival guides, but I decided to give TW Brown’s Gruesomely Grimm Zombie Tales a chance. Brown has put a modern spin, as well as infected twists, on the Grimm tales. While this mashup could encourage young minds to [...]
