We arrive at the shelter with the night coming quickly, close on our heels and ready to consume us. I do not know what we were expecting. A log cabin? A English Tudor house? No matter. The shelter is octagonal and in many ways little more than a screened-in gazebo. Considering what we have just […]
Third person, fly-on-the-wall type P.O.V. A Handmaid’s Tale-style near apocalypse. An evangelical Christian school; a real house on the hill sort of thing. No one knows how they’ve kept this thing a secret, this sprawling multi-wing complex. It’s the eve before the unveiling; the board of directors is giving a tour to some media folks […]
We are in some kind of municipal building in Perth. A school? An airport? A swarm of people are gathered in one room. The room is slightly crowded. The first zombie converts; no one knows how. He starts to bite others. People try to force their way out of the room; the heroes try to […]
Where to begin? I would be willing to say that Max Brooks has given us a “new classic” of zombie literature in World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. The novel is well-structured, is well-paced, and seems so … plausible. And when I say “plausible”, I mean the Brooks has tried to […]
In the spirit of thriving ambulothanatophobia: 55% Via bEeZERs. currently playing: Junior Boys “More Than Real (live)”
A friend 1 remarked: does anyone else find it strange (or even cares for that matter) that there is no bonafide phobia name for an irrational fear of zombies. there is one for vampires, werewolves, and i think even mummies. but no zombies?! i demand action! So I proposed: ambulothanatophobia The irrational fear of the […]