![]() Not one would I consider a “standard” Zombie story.Įxemplary tales of what fine horror fiction should be-edge-of-your-seat suspense combined with solid character/conflict/crisis/change or hero structure and excellent use of literary device-were K. But the writers in this collection proved me wrong-each story does offer a thrilling, interesting, and refreshing twist on the trope. Second, because I always thought there were only so many things you could do with the Zombie trope-sooner or later, I assumed, ideas would be repeated-I was a little apprehensive about purchasing an entire (and my first) collection of Zombie stories for fear I’d be bored. Apex Book Company’s Zombie Feed: Volume 1 is no exception to this rule-save for the fact the good stuff is SO good the collection is worth owning just for those. I enjoyed this collection for two reasons: multi-authored anthologies, just like single-story collections, can be as uneven as chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream: there’s vanilla, vanilla, vanilla and then good stuff, vanilla, good stuff, good stuff, good stuff. It just happens that cameras are always around when I… have libations. Miscellaneous facts about me: left-handed, blue eyes, super geeky, hillbilly accent, near-sighted, and typically in a goofy mood.Īlso, and most importantly, I’m not the drunkard all those Facebook photos makes me out to be. I don’t really write enough to leave a mark, but it seems to go well when I do put pen to paper. I occasionally do copy editing (when pressed) and have done plenty of acquisition editing over the years. I edit anthologies, mostly for Apex (because I’m a control freak). At first it was just a small print zine, then a pro-level online zine, then books, and then ebooks. I started Apex Publications, a small press publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In 2004, I decided my life was boring, that I no longer needed disposable income, and I needed to increase my stress levels. of Education), and assholes (lots and lots of assholes). Since 1996, I’ve worked for evil corporations (IBM), dot com dreamers (), The Man (both city and state government), and for The Kids (KY Dept. I graduated in the standard four years with a degree in Computer Science. Girls! Minorities! Strip clubs! And it didn’t help that I attended Transylvania University, a fairly snotty (but excellent) private college in Lexington, KY (on scholarship… no way my family could have sent me otherwise). I lived in Big Creek until I went to college, spending my weekends cruising the Winn Dixie parking lot of ladies, partying in my cousin’s run-down three room trailer, and being a member of the bad-ass Clay County High School Academic Team.Ĭollege was quite a shock for me. It’s an isolated area with beautiful rolling hills, thick forests, and country folk. I was born the son of an unemployed coal miner in a tiny Kentucky Appalachian villa named Big Creek (population 400). * Zombies on the Moon by Andrew Clark Porter * The Sickness unto Death by Brandon Alspaugh * A Shepherd of the Valley by Maggie Slater * Tomorrow’s Precious Lambs by Monica Valentinelli * The Twenty-Three Second Anomaly by Ray Wallace * This Final December Day by Lee Thompson And the one thread interlocking these disparate groups–ZOMBIE MAYHEM! This action packed anthology takes a syringe full of contaminated adrenaline-laced undead and slams 1000 CCs directly into your chest cavity.įast paced, yet thoughtful, The Zombie Feed: Volume I will sate your appetite… at least temporarily. ![]() ![]() Zombie fiction from many sub-genres are represented here: zombie apocalypse, zombie survival, zombies in human society, zombie hunters, and more. ![]() Hungry, undead, and pissed off!įormer Stoker Award-nominated editor Jason Sizemore compiles seventeen tasty, brainy morsels of zombie short fiction in The Zombie Feed: Volume 1. ![]()
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