Swamp Fire + Earthquake x Hurricane = Zombie Apocalypse?

[glitter_n_gore]

First, I want to give a shout-out to my friend Jenna Pittman, whose story "The Language of Bones" is currently appearing in Blood Bound Books' Rock and Roll is Dead anthology, which was released this summer. I know I mentioned this before, but I bring it up again because the current issue of Rue Morgue Magazine--the one with the original Fright Night poster on the cover--has reviewed the anthology and spoke very highly of Jenna's story in particular. So, good job, Jen! Go check out the issue--there's always lots to savor in Rue Morgue.

Second, we have a situation.

In the space of less than a week, the East Coast--the ENTIRE East Coast, just about--experienced a seismic event unlike any most of us can remember; and then we found Irene getting cozy down south and preparing to crash this weekend. Keep in mind as well that the Dismal Swamp is still on fire.

Now, I'm not saying we're in for a zombie apocalypse or anything, but the plot bunnies are having a field day. And you have to admit, the timing is a bit odd.

Diane Dooley and Luke Walker have put together a top ten list of the best zombie movies ever made here: Here There Be Zombies! It's always great to see how the rules differ from one story to the next, and how they're similar is well.

Batten down the hatches, get your duct tape, bottled water, plywood, and hand-crank flashlights, but it couldn't hurt to sharpen a machete or two also. No harm in being prepared, is all I'm saying.

And speaking of being prepared, I myself am hammering out some finishing touches to "Doppelganger," which I'm hoping to submit to an anthology later this week. Well, the deadline is later this week, but I'm trying to put it in the queue a little earlier just in case we lose power.

More on that later. Stay tuned!

Comments

[spitphyre.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the anthology. I hope you get it out in time! (IOW before the power goes out)

Also... Good luck with all natural occurrences. I'd say it was Cthulhu rising but that would be over on this end...

[fatpie42.livejournal.com]

Hope you aren't affected too badly by all this stuff. (Presuming not from the lack of panic in this entry.)

Thanks for the zombie movie list. More interesting than I've seen elsewhere. Am adding Pontypool to my list immediately. Also might check out some of the old Bella Lugosi voodoo zombie movies. Sadly, "Burial Ground"/"Zombie Dead" is rather harder to get hold of.

Also really happy to see that they also rate Day of the Dead higher than Dawn. Always nice when other sensible people agree with me. :)

[lukewalker.livejournal.com]

Glad you like the list, fatpie. Pontypool is definitely worth checking out. I'm going to give the book it's based on a go at some point. Just have to clear my To Be Read pile first.

Zombie Dead is fun in a so bad it's good sort of way. I watched it again on Friday night and laughed a lot.