Pulp Fiction discussion

I have to say that I was NOT a zombie fan until my brother turned me onto the show, The Walking Dead. Now I've read a few and even written two zombie shorts.

Any suggestions for a good zombie book? I've heard good things about World War Z.

I finished 'Eden' by Tony Monchinski not too long ago. It was excellent. It's the first in a trilogy. 'The Rising' and 'City of the Dead' by Brian Keene are great as well. 'World War Z' is a very different zombie book, but one of my favourites.

Jeff wrote: "I finished 'Eden' by Tony Monchinski not too long ago. It was excellent. It's the first in a trilogy. 'The Rising' and 'City of the Dead' by Brian Keene are great as well. 'World War Z' is a very d..."

Thanks Jeff... I'll have to check out that series.

You mention World War Z is very different... In what way? Non standard zombies?

Jeff --

I've been writing and getting published since I was a teenager, and the best of my zombie stories have been collected in Beach Blanket Zombie: Weird Tales of the Undead and Other Humanoid Horrors from Wildside Books. It features 33 tales of weird horror featuring the living dead and other bizarre humanoid horrors.

The stories are all very much written in the Weird Tales pulp-horror tradition, so I think you might enjoy them! :-)

Jeff wrote: "Jeff wrote: "I finished 'Eden' by Tony Monchinski not too long ago. It was excellent. It's the first in a trilogy. 'The Rising' and 'City of the Dead' by Brian Keene are great as well. 'World War Z..."

Not that. There isn't a story that follows one group of characters. It is more of a description of scenes that are happening all over the world as the zombie apocalypse is taking place. While there are some recurring characters, the aim of the book is not to focus on them. This doesn't sound like a very engaging format, but it works very well. The author comes up with some very novel ideas. One of my favourites was how the zombie epidemic was spread through black market organs.