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The Night before Christmas of the Living Dead
A chemical spill spawns an outbreak of cannibalistic living corpses, and they do what zombies do-head for the nearest mall. But it's Christmas Eve, and the ravenous dead find themselves in a crowd of last-minute shoppers. M.V. Moorhead's novel offers all the gut-ripping, bone-crunching chills that zombie fans demand and a dark side to that most wonderful time of the year.
262 pages, Paperback
Published December 5, 2020
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January 22, 2024
If you're looking for a quick Christmas read that doesn't have all that mushy-over-the-top-Christmas-spirit, this is a pretty good choice. The writing is refreshing in the abrupt male sense, I mean our main character gets a boner in the first chapter.
Now, zombies aren't my thing. I have a minimal grasp on that subject with very few references so if you're, like, REALLY into zombies you might find this too simple. But, for me, I wasn't bothered. There were a lot of characters though. I mean, for the first ten chapters I think we're being introduced to someone new. I felt like I needed pen and paper to write them all down, especially with the chain of command with the plant on 12th street. Not the security guards (nice Shakespeare reference btw, but the higher ups). Eventually the introduction of new characters evens out and it feels manageable again.
*SPOILER AHEAD*
I gotta give you some warning after all. No, my biggest gripe with this book is I was rooting for one singular character because I felt like he was the one who was supposed to live, you know? I mean, Brian was literally our first character we meet. And listen, kudos to the actual survivors- I'm not upset that we did have survivors and just not the one I was betting on. (If anyone one else was going to live, I'm glad Ellie was among them) And, trust me, I appreciated the pure poetry of Brian being able to shoot Santa right in the fucking head at the end (a great ending for the guy who really does hate Christmas.) But I just would have liked to see him live over Sherry, the receptionist whose only wearing lingerie and an old mans coat. She wasn't important. She was a spare. And that spare escaped at the end and Brian didn't. OK that's my grievance.
Now, zombies aren't my thing. I have a minimal grasp on that subject with very few references so if you're, like, REALLY into zombies you might find this too simple. But, for me, I wasn't bothered. There were a lot of characters though. I mean, for the first ten chapters I think we're being introduced to someone new. I felt like I needed pen and paper to write them all down, especially with the chain of command with the plant on 12th street. Not the security guards (nice Shakespeare reference btw, but the higher ups). Eventually the introduction of new characters evens out and it feels manageable again.
*SPOILER AHEAD*
I gotta give you some warning after all. No, my biggest gripe with this book is I was rooting for one singular character because I felt like he was the one who was supposed to live, you know? I mean, Brian was literally our first character we meet. And listen, kudos to the actual survivors- I'm not upset that we did have survivors and just not the one I was betting on. (If anyone one else was going to live, I'm glad Ellie was among them) And, trust me, I appreciated the pure poetry of Brian being able to shoot Santa right in the fucking head at the end (a great ending for the guy who really does hate Christmas.) But I just would have liked to see him live over Sherry, the receptionist whose only wearing lingerie and an old mans coat. She wasn't important. She was a spare. And that spare escaped at the end and Brian didn't. OK that's my grievance.
September 2, 2023
When a chemical spill occurs in a sleepy little Michigan town, no one is ready for the unfolding events that shape Christmas. The stench of some odd mixture set off alarms at the Micromegas chemical plant, putting security guard Mitchell on high alert. This wasn't the typical repulsive odor of his workplace. The potency of the smell produced violent bodily reactions and transformations, rendering this Lake Erie town powerless to the walking dead. Moorehead's The Night Before Christmas of the Walking Dead is an entertaining story of apocalyptic proportions.
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