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Send more cops… so we can sue them for $165,000

Back in March, I wrote about a group of zombie walkers in Minneapolis who were suing for wrongful arrest after they were taken into custody for acting like zombies.  Yesterday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the zombies have been awarded $165,000!  Whilst cops should obviously arrest criminals and those who hurt others, cops have noContinue reading “Send more cops… so we can sue them for $165,000”

Happy Birthday HPL!

Today is H P Lovecraft’s 120th birthday!  HPL is my favorite writer, and is generally regarded as the most important horror and weird fiction author of the 20th Century.  He never wrote about zombies by name, but several of his stories feature zombielike creatures (my favorite is “Pickman’s Model“) and his work is bursting with exotic cults,Continue reading “Happy Birthday HPL!”

Zombies on Vocalo Radio in Chicago

This coming Tuesday, August 24 at 8pm CST, I will appear on WBEW 89.5 FM “Vocalo Radio” in Chicago on the Jesse Menendez Show.  We will discuss zombies, play zombie rock songs, and do a giveaway of my new book The Art of Zombie Warfare.  To listen outside of Chicago, go to the Vocalo website and click the “ListenContinue reading “Zombies on Vocalo Radio in Chicago”

Book Review: Eden: Crusade

What allows an audience to relate to a protagonist? This, for me, was the central question raised by Tony Monchinski’s new zombie novel Eden: Crusade ($14.95, Permuted Press). Many zombie novels (and horror/adventure tales) operate on the mechanism of creating likable characters and putting them into danger.  (The more elaborate and interesting the danger, the better!)  ButContinue reading “Book Review: Eden: Crusade”