At this point, zombie literature has moved from cool reboot, to bona-fide horror category, to glutted genre. In fact, I’m pretty sure enough nagging doubt has been cleverly addressed by authors that we are convinced that some virus is, in fact, out there, and it’s only a question of when the dead will rise and […]
Category: zombies
Review: Dead Girl’s Blog by Donna Burgess
July 12, 2014With a plethora of both zombie fiction and self-published author samplers popping up, it’s often hard to cut through the chaff to get to the good stuff. Dead Girl’s Blog is the good stuff; two emotionally satisfying zombie tales that don’t have to resort to the weary format of plucky survivors getting picked off one […]
Book Review: The Pretty Dead by David Martin Stack
June 24, 2014The Pretty Dead is a gory, suspenseful read for teens who are music minded, really listen to the poetry of lyrics, and enjoy some dark comic relief. The main character, Blake, inventor of the virtual rock band Posterband, is one of several uniquely described co-protagonists, all of whom are sympathetically written. Blake directly addresses the reader, […]
The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses is a first book in a wonderful new series by Ty Drago. In it we meet young Will Richter. Will’s father Karl was a cop in the Philadelphia police department until his untimely death a year ago. Now that Will’s twelve, he’s started to notice something strange; people all around […]
Book Review: Zombies Don’t Cry by Rusty Fischer
June 10, 2014A stray lightning strike burned out Maddy’s life, but not her existence, and after a few hours of unconsciousness she wakes up undead. Not that her life was wonderful (or terrible) to begin with, but now that she’s a zombie it’s definitely more complicated. And so are the things she wished could change—namely her pseudo-relationship […]
Thanks to AMC’s The Walking Dead, interest in zombies has risen once again! In The Zombie Handbook, Curran gives background on zombie lore, ways to identify a zombie, and how to avoid a zombie attack. For example, in Voodoo beliefs, the word “zombie” doesn’t refer to the walking dead at all, but instead a serpent that is the […]
Book Review: The Dead by Charlie Higson
June 3, 2014The Dead is the prequel to Higson’s book The Enemy. Unlike books in most series, this book can be read as a stand-alone. As a prequel, there are no references to Higson’s previous work, which is refreshing. The book is once again set in present day London, and follows a small group of survivors from a boarding […]
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
March 21, 2014The Enemy is a unique twist on the zombie survival story. In this version, only people over the age of 14 are infected, leaving children as the survivors of the new world. Set in present-day London, the story focuses on a group of children known as the Waitroses, surviving in a supermarket. When the children learn […]
It began as an Internet debate on the blogs of YA authors Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black. Which one is cooler-zombies or unicorns? Justine announced that she was pro-zombie and anti-unicorn, and Holly stood up for the awesomeness of unicorns versus the nastiness of zombies. The discussion grew animated enough that Holly and Justine recruited […]
My So-Called Death by Stacey Jay
November 30, 2013Karen tragically died from a major fall from the top of the cheerleading pyramid. Even more tragically, she has discovered that she is a genetic zombie and now has to live out the rest of her days slurping down animal brains and fearing maggot infestations. She’s even transferred to DEAD high, where supposedly she’ll learn […]