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H.E. Roulo

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H.E. Roulo is a Pacific Northwest writer of science-fiction, horror, and fantasy. She earned a BA in English from the University of Idaho. She worked as a technology consultant before leaving to write full time.

Two books in the Plague Master trilogy are now available.

She completed the serialized podcast release of her novel Fractured Horizon and was a finalist for the 2009 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story (novel).

In recent years her short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies including Lightspeed, Nature, Blood Type: An Anthology of Vampire SF on the Cutting Edge, Flagship, Horror Addicts, Podioracket Presents-Visionaries, Podioracket Presents-Glimpses, the Live and Let Undead anthology, and the Spiders anthology ...more

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Are the zombies in your story fast or slow moving?

H.E. Roulo Mythology is so important in a story like this. It drives the tension and action. In my world, a bite means a change to a zombie, but there are also b…moreMythology is so important in a story like this. It drives the tension and action. In my world, a bite means a change to a zombie, but there are also blood infections. Get splashed with zombie blood, and you’ll change but no one knows how soon. It turns people into ticking time bombs. That’s what happened to Samantha, and to the girl Trevor loves. They’re infected, but not changed into zombies, yet.
When someone does change, they go through stages of madness and rage. They’re still fast. Eventually, zombies become slow and docile. They will wander with sheep in a field, but they can get aggressive again if provoked. Don’t provoke the zombies, it gets ugly fast.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

H.E. Roulo The novel Plague Master: Sanctuary Dome started as a 40 minute audio drama submitted to Necropolis Studio Productions for their Omega Road Chronicles.…moreThe novel Plague Master: Sanctuary Dome started as a 40 minute audio drama submitted to Necropolis Studio Productions for their Omega Road Chronicles. They selected it right away (look for the audio drama online!).
Next, I turned the idea into a short for the Live and Let Undead themed anthology. And that sold right away.
At that point, it seemed a no-brainer to expand the world I’d come to love. I already had Samantha, who is searching for her brother’s murderer. For the novel, I added the story of Trevor, a teenager from a downtrodden planet. He wants to fight against the zombies swarming his world, but opportunity is scarce. He’s working as zombie-bait for the local militia when the girl he likes becomes infected. They get sent to the Sanctuary Dome, a punishment that’s actually a big improvement, but he’s not infected and is trying to save everyone, even his home world, from this disease.
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	Blood Type: An Anthology of Vampire SF on the Cutting Edge by Robert S. Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William F. Nolan (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractured Horizon 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horror Addicts Guide To Life by David Watson (Editor), Emerian Rich (Goodreads Author), Dan Shaurette (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clockwork Wonderland by Emerian Rich (Goodreads Author), Dustin Coffman, N. McGuire 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanctuary Dome (Plague Masters #1) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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