Kim Paffenroth, author of the Dying to Live series and the Bram Stoker Award-winning Gospel of the Living Dead, has collaborated with R.J. and Julia Sevin, editors of Corpse Blossoms, to bring you a harrowing glimpse into a harsh world where the living are little more than ticking time bombs charged with paranoia and hostility, and the dead have begun to stage bizarre endeavors of their own.
I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico. I attended St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD, 1995). I live in upstate New York with my wife and two wonderful kids. In the horror genre, I have written Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006) - WINNER, 2006 Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl(Magus Press, 2008); and Dying to Live: Life Sentence(Permuted Press, 2008).
Thin Them Out is short, tight chapbook that doesn't so much tell a story, as set up two sides of a story.
On one hand you have the survivors of an unexplained zombie apocalypse, wound tight, desperate and ready to snap, no longer able to see whether the danger comes from the walking dead or the living around them.
On the other hand you have a most remarkable zombie whose thoughts and worries go beyond food and danger into places that are simplistically beautiful.
A fast read, buying a copy of Thin them Out is an easy, enjoyable way to support the small press.
Ever wonder how it feels to be a zombie in a story about survivors of a a zombie apocalypse? Three voices come together in this wildly unique, intense, and absorbing book that explores both sides of the equation. A must-read for zombie lovers and fans of KIm Paffenroth and RJ and Julie Sevin.