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 Takeo...
Writer Meg McConahey chatted with zombie experts Max Brooks, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, James Kendrick and Copperfield’s Books spokeswoman Vicki DeArmon to get the lowdown on zombies for this article in the The Press Democrat. She even mentions some of our favorite artists, like the...
Dead Love: Attack of th...
Ah, Saturday. Autumn. Trees. Color. A walk around my neighborhood … Time for a little squirrel magic? This post was provoked by my friend Flower (not her real name), who is planting narcissus bulbs and worrying about squirrels … which is wise. Although I adore them, we all...
9. Let’s Make a D...
They all heard it: the terrible popping sound of a joint being pulled from its socket. Clément kept pulling his body to the right until the arm had come completely away from the shoulder. It hung, useless, the skin stretched like a hammock between the yakuza’s grip and his torso. “Oh,...
Dead Love: Zits on Zomb...
Zombie laughs hit the funnies, which is about as middle-America-mainstream as you can get. A ZIA member alerted us that zombies have hit Zits. The popular strip recently shared the advantages of zombie parenting with its rather conservative readers. Those who think that zombies...
Dead Love: National Geo...
The title should be “True Zombie,” right? The inquisitive folks at National Geographic are definitely hot on the trail of the truth “behind” zombies, and isn’t it funny that they are practically using the same verbiage as the first chapter title in Dead...
Dead Love: Ten Tips on ...
S.F. Chronicle travel editor Spud Hilton knows that zombies are on the move. Chances are you either are one (yeah, too much travel will do that to you) or you have or will be traveling with one or more of the living dead. This is, I think, an occupational hazard for travel journalists,...
Dead Love: Dia de los M...
Halloween night may be in the past, but Dia de Los Muertos is now dead ahead, and the best place to celebrate los muertos is in San Francisco’s beloved Mission District. Now is the time and the Mission is the place to enjoy a crawl through the streets with the dead. Our Dead Love...