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I wanted to put up a pic of a Zombie Jack-o-lantern, but this Death Star pumpkin is too awesome to pass up. In celebration of this wonderous occasion, I'm posting a list of winners of the various contests: Winner of David McAfee's signed paperback of 33 A.D. -  Christina (cmeghanb at gmail.com) Winner of paperback of The Fall signed by both Robert Duperre and the artis t - Julie  (julie at brazealcats.com) Winner of the paperback of Cameo the Assassain by Dawn McCullough-Whit e - teawench at gmail.com Winner of a paperback of Bloodlust by Zoe Winters - Pegeen (pkbrent at gmail.com) Winner of a signed paperback of Thank You For the Flowers by Scott Nicholson - Emily (emilyking630 at yahoo.com) Winner of an ebook of Down the Drain by Daniel Pyle - Becky (geckyboz at gmail.com) Winners of ebooks of Cattitude by Edie Ramer - Julie ( julie at brazealcats.com) and Emily (ebdye1 at gmail.com) Winners of ebooks of Jenny Pox by J. L Bryan - Amanda ( manaface at gmail.com) ...

As Zombiepalooza draws to a close, David McAfee offers  One of Four - a short horror story that has nothing to do with zombies. It's like the palette cleanser of Zombieaplooza, but it's still definitely horror.  As you may recall from the giveaway earlier in the month, David McAfee is the author of 33 A.D . and Grubs , a novella that gave me nightmares. For more info about him or his books, please check out his site: mcafeeland.wordpress.com One of Four - along with fifteen other stories - is included in McAfee's horror anthology, Pound of Flash . It also has bonus material from David Dalglish, Daniel Arenson, and Michael Crane. ______________________________________________________ “You know who I am, Father.” It isn’t a question. The priest looks at me, his youthful eyes brimming with idealistic forgiveness, and nods. “I know who you claim to be,” he says as he steps past the nurse – a burly bitch named Swanson - and starts to close the door behind him. “I wouldn’t do th...

Cara is a casual blogger ( http://caralunell.blogspot.com/ ), slightly misanthropic law student, and extreme horror enthusiast with a soft spot for zombies and souled vampires. ______________________________________________________ Holding Out For a (Zombie) Hero Zombies can never be heroes. If you think about it, zombies are the ultimate villain, be it in literature, graphic novels, movies, or video games ( Zombies Ate My Neighbors will always be a personal favorite of mine). And really, they are the perfect villain for a lot of reasons. They are unbelievably strong, one bite or scratch is infectious, and their sole purpose is to feed on human flesh. They were designed to be the bad guy, and they play the role perfectly. The zombie genre has come back in full force in recent years: Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, Resident Evil, The Walking Dead, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies …the list can go on. Recently, it struck me that this resurgence of zombies in pop culture is just that...

Today's short story is courtesy of William Esmont - author Self Arrest . His latest book, The Patriot Paradox , just came out. For more information about William Esmont or his books, please visit: williamesmont.com ____________________________________________________ Scott Atkinson pulled into his new parking spot at precisely 6:45 AM. Morning sun bled through the tall pines at the far end of the lot. Birds sang. The asphalt was still damp from last night's rain. He grinned. Looking in the mirror, he congratulated himself. Lead security officer. Who would have guessed? Seventeen years after the zombie uprising, it was hard to believe the world was almost back to normal. Scott was one of the lucky ones. Fresh out of high school and unable to land a job, he had chosen to cool his heels in the Arizona National Guard, to see the world, maybe even bag a few terrorists if he got lucky. Life had other plans. When the zombie plague exploded out of Honduras, his unit was activated and ...

When Amanda asked if I would like to contribute to Zombiepalooza I answered her with a resounding, “Hell yes!” Then I had to figure out what exactly I could contribute. I write YA paranormal romance novels and while they have a lot of magic and hot boys in them, they aren’t very scary. Actually, they aren’t even spooky. So I came up with the bright idea to excerpt a short story I was working on called Day of Sacrifice . Witches, human sacrifices, people burning alive, ass kicking angels? Day of Sacrifice has all of these, which makes it more appropriate for Halloween and Zombiepalooza to be certain. And just because it’s fun, I’m giving away copies of all three of my books. Details after the excerpt.   Day of Sacrifice blurb:   With only three days left until her twenty-first birthday, her Day of Sacrifice, Flora Hamilton should be living it up. But when another Supernatural family puts a hit on her she’s forced to go into hiding with Julian, her gorgeous new Guardian...

Hi everyone! The following piece is part of a very fledgling series on my blog Jon’s Line of Sight called “Sit Down, We’re Not Going Anywhere,” which deals with movies you must watch again and again, to the point of delaying better activities if said film is encountered unexpectedly, such as on basic cable. For Zombiepalooza, it seems like a great time to write one up for my favorite zombie movie of all time. As a bit of a formality, SPOILERS MAY FOLLOW… _____________________________________________________ You’ve Got Red on You: How Modern Life Parallels Shaun of the Dead Have you ever taken a look at your life when you’re in the middle of a workday? Most of the time we shuffle along in our daily routines, blindly pursuing the next waypoint in an ever-repeating loop. Get up earlier than you’d really care to, so you can get on the road with enough spare time to sit in slow traffic, all for the pleasure of spending the next 8-10 hours in whatever corporate-funded cell you’re requi...

Freedom is a ghost story - but a decidedly different kind of one by Maria Rachel  Hooley.  She's also kind off to contribute THREE ebooks of her novel The River for a Zombiepalooza giveaway! More info about The River and how to enter follow after her story. ____________________________________________________ The light bulb buzzes, flickers, and dies. Buzzes, flickers, and dies. The bathroom faucet drips--plink, plink, plink. The toilet won't shut off. It runs constantly. The kitchen is filled with dirty dishes piled with rotting food, a feast for the roaches. Dirty steak knives pile upon each other like metal pick-up sticks, and even in the faulty fluorescent lighting, the glare of blood on the serrated steel can't be ignored. I wander from the kitchen toward the bedroom, but I won't go inside. Period. I haven't in the six months I've been trapped here. Since I was alive. From the doorway, I see the bed, and the same pillow--the one I bled out on. ...