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Evening of the Mutated Undead: A Horror Novella
First, it was the UFO sightings. Then the monsoon began. And then residents of a shady neighborhood got what they never expected…
Mutated zombies.
Evening of the Mutated Undead is a heart-pounding survival horror novella centered around Jeff, a small-time drug dealer in Arizona. Chaos ensues on a seemingly ordinary evening as a horrifying zombie outbreak strikes during a relentless monsoon. To Jeff's horror, these undead creatures don't just eat their victims but mutate their bodies, leading to a gruesome blend of unworldly mutation and decomposition.
Mutated zombies.
Evening of the Mutated Undead is a heart-pounding survival horror novella centered around Jeff, a small-time drug dealer in Arizona. Chaos ensues on a seemingly ordinary evening as a horrifying zombie outbreak strikes during a relentless monsoon. To Jeff's horror, these undead creatures don't just eat their victims but mutate their bodies, leading to a gruesome blend of unworldly mutation and decomposition.
- GenresHorror
104 pages, Paperback
Published August 22, 2023
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About the author
E. Reyes
34 books156 followersE. Reyes is a writer, a horror fanatic, and the author of the novel The House on Moon Creek Avenue. Overloading on books and movies and working retail, Reyes brings terror and the unimaginable to everyday life with his experiences and transcends them into a different range of characters and situations. When not watching scary movies and reading books, E. Reyes is busy being a father and a husband and putting in time playing Xbox. He resides in Arizona.
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July 15, 2025
3.5 stars. A very gooey zombie/ufo apocalypse combo. Lots of fun moments, hilarious dialogue, and gross moments. Jeff was a decent lead, but his character was a bit too haphazard to really connect with, even on a surface level. I feel like the author was setting up something unique, with some great creatures, but it never came to fruition. And the open ending made me just want a ton more from this story. It all just came across very underdeveloped, which is a shame, because it had a lot of great qualities. It’s a very short story, which needed more breathing room to flourish. ‘Nuff said.
January 4, 2024
Grabbed the paperback to give a go, as this is perfect for Spooky Season.
Reyes delivers exactly what his blurb promises. UFOs, a monsoon-style rain, and zombies covered in mutated eyes. The zombies seem to have been created by the UFOs, but they still act, eat, and spread like a normal apocalypse zombie. The story centers around Jeff, a drug dealer, which may speak to some of his zombie-fighting mettle, but I did find his concern for others to be a bit surprising given his dangerous profession.
The story is short, easy to read, gruesome, but a lot of fun. The eye covered zombies adds an additional layer of creepy as well as some incredibly gross descriptions. I like that the story features the backyard hopping, house ransacking tropes even though the outbreak is so fresh. Plus a quick soda break. Personally a 3.5/5*
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Reyes delivers exactly what his blurb promises. UFOs, a monsoon-style rain, and zombies covered in mutated eyes. The zombies seem to have been created by the UFOs, but they still act, eat, and spread like a normal apocalypse zombie. The story centers around Jeff, a drug dealer, which may speak to some of his zombie-fighting mettle, but I did find his concern for others to be a bit surprising given his dangerous profession.
The story is short, easy to read, gruesome, but a lot of fun. The eye covered zombies adds an additional layer of creepy as well as some incredibly gross descriptions. I like that the story features the backyard hopping, house ransacking tropes even though the outbreak is so fresh. Plus a quick soda break. Personally a 3.5/5*
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October 7, 2023
fantastic UFO Zombie story!
This novella is fast paced, has the author’s trademark humor and well staged high speed narration. When a UFO invasion triggers a horde of ungodly zombies in Devil’s Hill..only one hero emerges to try and get back to his wife alive! Good start for your Halloween reading. Enjoy!
This novella is fast paced, has the author’s trademark humor and well staged high speed narration. When a UFO invasion triggers a horde of ungodly zombies in Devil’s Hill..only one hero emerges to try and get back to his wife alive! Good start for your Halloween reading. Enjoy!
January 2, 2025
This is a B-Movie wet dream if there is one!
This short novella is a bite-sized kick in the nads, loaded with eyeball-riddled zombie action.
This story thrives in the way that I can tell a horror lover wrote this. So many elements and great ideas make for a fun setting, an event that creates all sorts of catastrophic violence, and high stakes.
With all of the action I did find myself wanting more out of the characters and feel that with all of these ideas mashed together in this plot that it could have been a better novel with some direction.
Overall I still think this was a fun read.
This short novella is a bite-sized kick in the nads, loaded with eyeball-riddled zombie action.
This story thrives in the way that I can tell a horror lover wrote this. So many elements and great ideas make for a fun setting, an event that creates all sorts of catastrophic violence, and high stakes.
With all of the action I did find myself wanting more out of the characters and feel that with all of these ideas mashed together in this plot that it could have been a better novel with some direction.
Overall I still think this was a fun read.
September 12, 2023
Evening of the Mutated Undead, the title says it all. Such a fun quick read, Aliens and zombies! I’m in! Story follows a drug dealer trying the survival the horrific evening with mutated zombies starting chaos along with ufo flying around. The story has a lot of horrific scenes which is what you aspect from a zombie outbreak. I really enjoyed this one. E. Reyes is growing and gets better with his writing. I’m excited what he comes out with next.
April 30, 2025
This honestly surprised me but some of the slang I wasn’t for lmao felt like I was listening to my son talk. But o like zombies and I was here for this storyline. Nice quick read for a pallet cleanser to be honest.
December 1, 2023
A horrific mixture of Mars Attacks and Night of the Living Dead that will have you hesitating to scratch any itch.
This short horror novella follows Jeff, a small time drug dealer looking to make a quick score. While meeting up with a client he's witness to a horrible alien invasion that turns everyone around him into eyeball covered zombies. We followed Jeff as he tries to make his way through the zombies, to reach his wife and at the hospital where she works.
Even though the novella is short, I do feel like we get a lot of character development within Jeff. I definitely became emotionally attached to Jeff as a character and that's no small feat for such a quick paced book. He seemed very genuine and his reactions really organic through the novel.
The author himself describes this Novella as a B level movie, and I feel like that is absolutely spot on. I was getting flashes of Mars Attacks as well as flashes of Shaun of the Dead. While it was definitely on the gorier side then either of those movies, it had an underlying feeling of campy horror. And yet, it was still absolutely brutal enough to stick to gorey horror. A super unique quick read that I absolutely enjoyed from start to finish.
The only reason I couldn't give it the rest of the five stars is because there was a couple of conversational dialogue pieces where it felt very unnatural in the way things were worded. But I did enjoy the dialect of the younger member of the book. It was very true to today's kids and how they speak.
Overall, I cannot wait to read more by this author, and I will actually be picking this up on paperback as a shelf trophy.
This short horror novella follows Jeff, a small time drug dealer looking to make a quick score. While meeting up with a client he's witness to a horrible alien invasion that turns everyone around him into eyeball covered zombies. We followed Jeff as he tries to make his way through the zombies, to reach his wife and at the hospital where she works.
Even though the novella is short, I do feel like we get a lot of character development within Jeff. I definitely became emotionally attached to Jeff as a character and that's no small feat for such a quick paced book. He seemed very genuine and his reactions really organic through the novel.
The author himself describes this Novella as a B level movie, and I feel like that is absolutely spot on. I was getting flashes of Mars Attacks as well as flashes of Shaun of the Dead. While it was definitely on the gorier side then either of those movies, it had an underlying feeling of campy horror. And yet, it was still absolutely brutal enough to stick to gorey horror. A super unique quick read that I absolutely enjoyed from start to finish.
The only reason I couldn't give it the rest of the five stars is because there was a couple of conversational dialogue pieces where it felt very unnatural in the way things were worded. But I did enjoy the dialect of the younger member of the book. It was very true to today's kids and how they speak.
Overall, I cannot wait to read more by this author, and I will actually be picking this up on paperback as a shelf trophy.
October 17, 2023
The author sent me over a free copy of this novella to review!
I'm not big on UFO/alien stories, but this one was quite entertaining! Definitely a 3.5 star rating from me. It was different than any zombie or UFO story I've read before, and the mental image of all those eyeballs was certainly gross. Jeff was an okay leading man, though I wish we'd gotten to know him a bit better so we could connect with him as a reader. That, alas, is an issue with novellas a lot of the time. The story can be great, but there's just not quite enough to bring it over the edge.
The story had some gross parts, which I like, and some funny parts, which I also like. It knew when to be serious, and when to bring in the comic relief. Definitely looking forward to reading more from E. Reyes!
I'm not big on UFO/alien stories, but this one was quite entertaining! Definitely a 3.5 star rating from me. It was different than any zombie or UFO story I've read before, and the mental image of all those eyeballs was certainly gross. Jeff was an okay leading man, though I wish we'd gotten to know him a bit better so we could connect with him as a reader. That, alas, is an issue with novellas a lot of the time. The story can be great, but there's just not quite enough to bring it over the edge.
The story had some gross parts, which I like, and some funny parts, which I also like. It knew when to be serious, and when to bring in the comic relief. Definitely looking forward to reading more from E. Reyes!
July 4, 2024
Are you in a slump and in need of a quick read to maybe help you get out of it? Well look no further! Evening of the Mutated Undead by E. Reyes is the perfect read for that slump of yours.
This novella is chaotic just by the cover 😂 an alien spaceship came out of nowhere and starts releasing a virus from the sky, causing humans, animals, and every living thing to turn into a mutated zombies with multiple eyeballs all over their bodies. Yes, eyeballs. It was gross but the perfect type of gross you get from a horror book. Come and meet Jeff, our MC, and follow his not so smooth journey to his gf as navigates through the streets filled with mutated eyeball zombies 🙂
This novella is chaotic just by the cover 😂 an alien spaceship came out of nowhere and starts releasing a virus from the sky, causing humans, animals, and every living thing to turn into a mutated zombies with multiple eyeballs all over their bodies. Yes, eyeballs. It was gross but the perfect type of gross you get from a horror book. Come and meet Jeff, our MC, and follow his not so smooth journey to his gf as navigates through the streets filled with mutated eyeball zombies 🙂
February 14, 2025
If you’re looking for a good, classic B-Horror /Sci-Fi monster tale, then look no further! This Novela has aliens, monsters, zombies, and grotesque mutations all rolled into one story. The plot is pretty simple-aliens start a sort of chemical warfare that turns humans into mutated zombies with eyeballs growing out of every body part. Which of course means in order to fight these undead mutants, squishing the eyeballs has to be the most common defense. The dialogue is kind of goofy, and it was a bit of a challenge, telling the characters apart. And of course the kill scenes are graphic. This is a pretty quick easy read if you’re looking for a fun monster tale.
March 26, 2024
4.5/5
This was a wild, gory time, and I loved it. This can be read in one sitting and will make you cringe every time one of those creepy mutated zombies pops up. And human zombies are not the only ones you'll see. Reyes did a great job of making me cringe while I was reading because of how descriptive he was with not only the zombies, but how they were killed. I could hear the sounds he described.
I enjoyed my time with this one. This is my first E. Reyes read and it definitely won't be my last. I definitely recommend this to horror readers.
This was a wild, gory time, and I loved it. This can be read in one sitting and will make you cringe every time one of those creepy mutated zombies pops up. And human zombies are not the only ones you'll see. Reyes did a great job of making me cringe while I was reading because of how descriptive he was with not only the zombies, but how they were killed. I could hear the sounds he described.
I enjoyed my time with this one. This is my first E. Reyes read and it definitely won't be my last. I definitely recommend this to horror readers.
December 2, 2023
A UFO invasion has come to town! The spaceships hover over the town and produce bombs. Once those bombs explode, all hell breaks loose! Jeff has 1 thing on his mind, go and save his wife!
This was a fun read! There was humor, gross elements, and best of all...zombies! This felt very much like an episode of Are you afraid of the dark or Goosebumps vibes. Nostalgic! If you want a quick and fun zombie invasion story, pick this up!
This was a fun read! There was humor, gross elements, and best of all...zombies! This felt very much like an episode of Are you afraid of the dark or Goosebumps vibes. Nostalgic! If you want a quick and fun zombie invasion story, pick this up!
October 11, 2023
This is my second book from E. Reyes and it’s just as fun as the first. A combination of alien/zombie action kept the pages flowing. The story often felt like a B-Movie horror film, and though I wish we knew more about Jeff and Andrea’s relationship, I did enjoy unrelenting mayhem from start to finish! Definitely recommend this one to anyone looking for a short creature feature!
January 8, 2024
Evening of the Mutated Undead is what happens when you mix UFOs, a small-time dope dealer, and hoards of zombies with eyeballs on every inch of their bodies during a crazy monsoon storm in the summer. Gory, bloody, fast-paced--this was fun to write. I was going to call it The Night the Bombs Dropped, but that sounded too much like a fart party.
January 19, 2024
This is a quick little zombie novella that would have made Romero proud! I love the elements of humor mixed in with the horror and gore. Which speaking of the fire it is well written! I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
April 10, 2024
I thought this was a fun, gory, page turner. Aliens, and mutated zombies. Love it! This is a quick gripping compelling read, with witty dialogue. I enjoy E reyes books very much. Always well crafted, entertaining, and horrifying!
May 31, 2024
This was a very cool and creepy story. I appreciate Reyes just going all out and clearly having fun. Nicely done. Also I liked reading about the nightmare inspirations at the end.
This kind of book is just good for your mental health!
This kind of book is just good for your mental health!
September 3, 2023
This was a super unhinged, yet fun quick horror novella complete with aliens, zombies, lots of eyeballs, and spiders with wings. It gave me 90s nostalgia, goosebumps vibes, but with an adult feel.
May 7, 2024
3.5 stars
September 12, 2024
⭐3.25
Solid novella to start off my spooky season. I didn't like the AI audio on Audible.
Solid novella to start off my spooky season. I didn't like the AI audio on Audible.
October 4, 2024
I regret not reading this book sooner! This was such a quick fun read I really enjoyed it.
August 31, 2025
Quick, fun read about zombies. Gives off spooky season vibes.
October 17, 2023
Like an adult goosebumps book. I genuinely enjoyed this.
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