The Truth About Zombies
My name is Erin and I am not a zombie, though my boyfriend, the gangster, Ryu, and the ghoul, Clément, tried to make one of me. They nearly succeeded, too, but Clément blew it—as he usually does—and although I no longer speak, appear to be totally apathetic, and exhibit other zombie-like behaviors, I was not really “made” in the traditional sense. I still have my will. If you read the official accounts, you’ll find that Erin Orison, the talented and rebellious only daughter of American ambassador,...
Dead Love: Zombie Prom!
Oh, I do so want to go to the prom! Just need to find the right guy … er … I mean, ghoul to ask me to go. He’ll have to be able to get me there, though, and that will involve some serious travel as I’m here on the left coast and this prom is way the heck in...
Dead Love: Zombie Safe ...
Halloween is here and rumor has it zombies (real and fake) will be everywhere! So if you aren’t a zombie yet, you might want some advice on how to withstand the almost inevitable zombie attack. Fortunately, there’s a great deal of direction out there. For example,...
Dead Love: Zombie Night...
Tonight, channel your inner zombie at California Academy of Sciences. Zombie Research Society founder Brad Voytek will give a crash course in zombie science and there will be make-up artists on hand to help you play dead. But you might want to show your lively side and hang about for the...
Dead Love: Sex, Love an...
It’s sex, love, and zombies on FCC Free Radio this Sunday as Dead Love author Linda Watanabe McFerrin joins Melinda/Lilycat to air a little dirty laundry and chat pre-Halloween about undying love. You can listen to Lilycat on Stuff on the web at: http://FCCFREERADIO.com on Sunday,...
15. His Stalking Feet
It doesn’t take long to disappear in a city like Tokyo. Exiting the building, I turned left, heading up Roppongi-dori away from the crossroads. I continued along Higashi-dori until I came to a series of multi-story towers that caught the glint of the setting sun in their steel and glass...
Dead Love: Nomination f...
Dead Love, Linda Watanabe McFerrin’s novel about Japan, zombies and love in the dark, has been nominated for another award. This time it’s the CBS (that’s Carl Brandon Society) Parallax Award for an outstanding work of speculative fiction. For those of you who...
14. Three-days-dead (4)
There were “bloody” footprints all over the kitchen and clear signs of a scuffle. Of course we couldn’t help but notice the hand, severed and foul looking, next to a dirty white glove in a putrefying puddle on one side of the large kitchen counter. He reached into his pocket for his cell...