by Patrick Freivald | Mar 1, 2013 | Book Reviews, Reviews
This short work consists of three short stories: The Village Bake Sale, Antidote, and Mary Celeste. Each story is rather different than typical zombie fare, and by far the strongest of the three is the first. The Village Bake Sale is quaint in the best sense of the...
by Stuart Conover | Feb 26, 2013 | Book Reviews, Reviews
In ‘Dead America’ Luke Keioskie gives us a unique take on the undead genre wrapped in a noir murder mystery package. I don’t often say it but I used to be a huge fan of murder mysteries. I probably read a few hundred of them when I was in college so...
by J.R. Jackson | Feb 25, 2013 | Book Reviews, Reviews
As a reviewer, I’ve become hesitant when receiving new books to read and review. When they arrive I’m reminded of that line from Forrest Gump, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates’. You never know if the book will be good or so bad that you just don’t want to...
by J.R. Jackson | Feb 19, 2013 | Book Reviews, Reviews
The Gathering Dead follows the story of a US Army Special Forces ODA or Operational Detachment Alpha or A-Team callsign OMEN who are tasked to retrieve and safeguard a research scientist during a zombie outbreak in New York City. Sounds kind of like a bad late night...
by Chip Fehd | Feb 18, 2013 | Book Reviews, Reviews
PLOT: Zombies have wrecked Seattle (and I’m not talking about the early morning crowd at Starbucks), and a handful of Survivors traverse through town looking for safety, salvation, and the cure to it all… REVIEW: Tim Long is a fascinating writer. His novel AMONG...
by J.R. Jackson | Feb 15, 2013 | Book Reviews, Reviews
ZHackers is from what I understand, an ongoing net serial by David Jordan. The premise of the storyline is an unknown infection is ravaging the nation and three college students, Daniel, Richard and Samantha happen to be lucky enough to react to it. The story opens...