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: House of Voo...
Even the zombies were madly shaking a leg early this morning on Decatur Street. We saw this one at the House of Voodoo (620 Decatur Street) where he was imprisoned under the watchful eye of the very young at très belle Etsegenet. I think perhaps he, like us, had one too many cups of...
Dead Love: Thanks to Ne...
Dead Love is headed for New Orleans, famous for voodoo, zombies, and cities of the dead. It’s also the home of the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society and the Words and Music Festival. Dead Love was short-listed as a finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Literary Competition in 2007,...
Dead Love: Hatsune Miku...
Dead or undead, get a life; get an avatar. One of my favorite pop musicians is Hatsune Miku. Miku has a huge following, filling stadiums with frenzied crowds of die-hard fans who adore her. I like to think of her as the new wave in entertainment because she exists in a world outside the...
Dead Love: Weekend Zomb...
It’s the weekend. Do you know what that means? Time for the Weekend Zombie Film Fest. These are the good ol’ zombie flicks from way back when: White Zombie, King of the Zombies, Teenage Zombie … courtesy of AMC, the folks who bring you The Walking Dead. Sit back in your...
Dead Love: When Zombies...
If you are in New York and you are staying with fitness guru, Nancy Bruning (noted health writer and founder of Nancercize), you will rise, zombie-like, in the early, early a.m. (it will seem like the crack of dawn) and shuffle (Nancy will not be shuffling, you will) over to Fort Tryon...
10. Girl Crazy
“Gomen. So sorry,” said the third old man, his small head pushed forward, neck elongated, like a turtle peering out of its shell. “We apologize for our rudeness. “You are . . . ?” “Clément,” sniffed Clément with a toss of his head full of dark curls. “Ah, Clément,” the old man repeated....Dead Love Reading: Powe...
11/10/10 Reading 7pm Powell’s Books 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, Oregon...