Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Abed

My post is actually over at The Girls’ Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse — Abed (The Film): What would you do to keep your family alive? Watch the trailer to see if this is something you’d like to check out (i.e. not for the faint-hearted!) Or just buy Beth’s story for 99¢ on Amazon: And…

Writer Wednesday: Reviews

PLAGUE TOWNDANA FREDSTI Ashley Parker makes a winning heroine: she’s a bit older than her fellow students and while she’s got the classic California co-ed looks, it’s her intelligence and integrity that you’ll remember. Fredsti’s writing is always full of good humour and arch observations, but it’s also chock full of action and really gruesome…

Six Sentence Sunday: High Plains Lazarus

I began writing this story about a day before I went off to Trinoc*coN one year, because I knew I had to read something and I suddenly decided I hated everything I’d ever written (yes, I have those kind of days). It came from the voice: as soon as I heard Finn’s voice in my…

Picking up the Chalk Again

I have to be on campus early to teach today and I’m still playing catch up, so here’s a “golden oldie” and a couple of bits of news: There’s still two more days to vote for my voodoo zombie western “High Plains Lazarus” as best horror short of 2010 in the Predators & Editors poll….

Publications: High Plains Lazarus / Fear and Loathing in Deptford

I’m pleased to let you know that the zombie anthology, Rotting Tales, is now available from Pill Hill Press and it features my short story “High Plains Lazarus” — obviously influenced by spaghetti Westerns as well as Joe R. Lansdale his own self, but with a mystical twist. The book will be available on Amazon…

Albacon & Publishing News

Yes, I’m going to be tied up all this weekend at Albacon, so if you’re trying to reach me, you may have to wait a bit for me to get back to you. Here’s my schedule, but you can see the entire schedule on the wiki and see the website for a full list of…

Zombie Land

I came out of The White Guard today, hopped on my bike and thought I had landed in 28 Days Later. I had misgivings about the Waterloo roundabout, always an insane mess of cars, bikes and other vehicles and there was — no one. I have never seen the streets of London so empty (at…

Get Your Zombie On!

The fabulous Elena Steier illustrates a wild zombie adventure written by Andrew Steier (hmmmm, wonder if they’re related?).