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Zombie Con
Zombie Con brings you three horror short stories from Derek Ailes. Zombie Norman is excited to attend the Walkers Zombie Convention in Chicago. He finally gets a chance to meet his favorite actress Lauren Callas. During the convention a real zombie outbreak takes place. Who is a zombie or a fan decked out in a zombie costume? Zombie What happens when a group of storm chasers encounter an EF5 tornado infested with zombies while filming a documentary special? Will they survive the zombies or the tornado? Gargoyle's A small town in Texas is being terrorized by a hungry gargoyle. Will Sheriff Tavenier be able to stop the gargoyle before it kills everybody in town? Find out in these chilling tales from a horror mastermind.
- GenresZombies
62 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 11, 2014
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Derek Ailes
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Derek Ailes is a demented post-apocalyptic science fiction and horror author serving his readers one plateful of horrific terror after another. He is the mastermind behind several horror anthologies including Musings From A Demented Mind and Catfurnado, Zombies and One Killer Doll. He recently ventured into the vast superhero universe with his first comedy/horror novel The Undead Pool.
Derek openly admits that he is a nerd. He reads comic books and graphic novels along with watching every DC and Marvel television series, cartoon, and movie. His favorite series are Deadpool, X-men, The Avengers, Superman, Batman, Flash and The Justice League.
Derek resides in the small town of South Haven, Indiana where he cranks out one horrific tale after another. His neighbors both fear and respect him, because they don't know what horror madness he will unleash upon them. He spends his weekends hanging out with horror icons and promoting his work. He is currently working on his latest horror masterpiece.
Derek Ailes is a demented post-apocalyptic science fiction and horror author serving his readers one plateful of horrific terror after another. He is the mastermind behind several horror anthologies including Musings From A Demented Mind and Catfurnado, Zombies and One Killer Doll. He recently ventured into the vast superhero universe with his first comedy/horror novel The Undead Pool.
Derek openly admits that he is a nerd. He reads comic books and graphic novels along with watching every DC and Marvel television series, cartoon, and movie. His favorite series are Deadpool, X-men, The Avengers, Superman, Batman, Flash and The Justice League.
Derek resides in the small town of South Haven, Indiana where he cranks out one horrific tale after another. His neighbors both fear and respect him, because they don't know what horror madness he will unleash upon them. He spends his weekends hanging out with horror icons and promoting his work. He is currently working on his latest horror masterpiece.
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July 23, 2024
This was a pretty good supernatural short story collection. If you like zombies and a killer gargoyle then this is right for you. I found this for free on smashwords.
July 13, 2018
Zombies! Conventions! Two of my favorite things, and Derek Ailes brings them together in Zombie Con. Zombie Con is three short stories, two involving zombies and one involving gargoyles. The first one, Zombie Con, takes place at a Walking Dead like convention, and zombie mayhem ensues. This is followed by Zombie Twister, with storm chasers encountering zombies, and lastly, Gargoyle's Curse, about a sheriff's run in with a gargoyle. Out of the three, Gargoyle's Curse was my favorite. It's a fast read of a book, and the stories all have potential, but I don't feel I knew any of the characters well, so their plight was just pure zombie/gargoyle mayhem, which absolutely works well when you are just wanting a fast, monster carnage read.
May 13, 2017
I liked the idea of a real zombie outbreak happening at a convention, where people are already dressed up as zombies and other monsters. However, I don't feel that it was executed as well as it could have been.
It sets the scene with Norman being there as a VIP guest which should mean getting ahead in line for everything he wants-except there are so many VIPs that the lines are longer than expected and the lack of planning from the ZombieCon people becomes obvious. He even meets a girl who is just as much of a zombie fan and become friends in the queue. We also have the subplot where a terrorist steals a virus and is planning to sell it when the plan goes wrong and it is released. This was all quite interesting.
Sadly the rest of it becomes rushed. A person goes into a room and is eaten. Next person goes into different room and is eaten. Someone looks for first person and is eaten. It follows a somewhat repetitive description of how each person meets their doom. There is no tension to it or original moments as the zombie virus spreads. It just needed a bit more depth and excuse the pun, for the story to be a bit more fleshed out. The lack of detail gives the impression that the author was in a rush to get it written by a certain page number so it was a bit disappointing. If the author went back and added a bit more description and thought to it, it could be a decent story. As it is, it was way too short and underdeveloped for me.
It sets the scene with Norman being there as a VIP guest which should mean getting ahead in line for everything he wants-except there are so many VIPs that the lines are longer than expected and the lack of planning from the ZombieCon people becomes obvious. He even meets a girl who is just as much of a zombie fan and become friends in the queue. We also have the subplot where a terrorist steals a virus and is planning to sell it when the plan goes wrong and it is released. This was all quite interesting.
Sadly the rest of it becomes rushed. A person goes into a room and is eaten. Next person goes into different room and is eaten. Someone looks for first person and is eaten. It follows a somewhat repetitive description of how each person meets their doom. There is no tension to it or original moments as the zombie virus spreads. It just needed a bit more depth and excuse the pun, for the story to be a bit more fleshed out. The lack of detail gives the impression that the author was in a rush to get it written by a certain page number so it was a bit disappointing. If the author went back and added a bit more description and thought to it, it could be a decent story. As it is, it was way too short and underdeveloped for me.
August 20, 2016
Unique Look At Gargoyles
Very refreshing look at the monster genre. The premise is that a poor unsuspecting sole attends something akin Comic-Con only this is Zombie Con and he goes first class to get all the preferred treatment that people are suckers for. However, something goes horribly wrong when the participants are attacked by gargoyles which in itself is a wonderful twist. The author even gets into the quarreling between Democrats and Republicans over gun control. The story is short but it definitely makes you think.
Very refreshing look at the monster genre. The premise is that a poor unsuspecting sole attends something akin Comic-Con only this is Zombie Con and he goes first class to get all the preferred treatment that people are suckers for. However, something goes horribly wrong when the participants are attacked by gargoyles which in itself is a wonderful twist. The author even gets into the quarreling between Democrats and Republicans over gun control. The story is short but it definitely makes you think.
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