“… my God, sir, he was dead! His head had been split open. I saw brains and clotted blood oozing down his face, and his face was that of a dead man. But he came down the stairs!” So runs my favorite section of the excellent zombie short story “Pigeons from Hell” by Robert E.Continue reading “An excellent zombie short story (with a regrettable title)”
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Movie Review: Dead Snow
This weekend, I finally got around to watching Dead Snow, the much-heralded Nazi-zombie movie from Norway. I thought it was very entertaining and did many things correctly, but also left wishing there had been a teensy-bit more explanation/backstory regarding the zombies themselves. Dead Snow is the tale of eight modern-day Norwegian medical students who travel to a remote cabin for aContinue reading “Movie Review: Dead Snow”
“Where the troops believe in a life of freedom…
And this is all about free speech!” (“This” being a zombie walk.) The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting that a number of people who zombie-walked through a Minneapolis mall in 2006 and were arrested for it can now sue the police department for wrongful arrest. The zombie-walkers claim they were making a statement about consumerism, and soContinue reading ““Where the troops believe in a life of freedom…”
The best zombie short-story I’ve read in the last 10 years…
…may well be Neil Gaiman’s “Bitter Grounds” in his 2006 collection Fragile Things, which I have just started reading. I was totally floored by this tale of contemporary Voodoo zombies in New Orleans. It is scary, surprising, and delightful. (Coffee is involved too, so the title becomes a pun on coffee-grounds and the ground in which aContinue reading “The best zombie short-story I’ve read in the last 10 years…”
Z.E.O. is nominated for a Dead Letter Award
Mail Order Zombie, the zombie culture and DVD review website, has nominated my latest book, Z.E.O., in the category “Best Zombie Book: Nonfiction or Guide” in their 2009 Dead Letter Awards. How thoughtful of them! To vote for Z.E.O. (or other books and stuff) click here.
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