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: Survival of ...
On an island off the coast of Delaware … the Irish are feuding, of course. This time it’s about zombies. In the latest George A. Romero zombie flick, Survival of the Dead, humans grapple with the age old question: Can you rehabilitate a zombie? Romero, the American filmmaker,...
Dead Love: Brain Power
Never underestimate the power of brains … at least in all matters zombie. For example, the 2010 Toronto Zombie Walk, which happens in October, will be raising money through the sale of some mighty sweet brains … well, brain brooches. Just a thing for those fashion zombies....
Dead Love for the Grate...
Maybe it was the skeletons and roses, I don’t know exactly why I had to check out The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New York Historical Society, but this celebration of a superband from the sixties did kind of carry me away. To where? To some oddly trippy, hippy place full of...
6. Hide and Seek (3)
Whatever his real identity, his name loosened tongues. “What do you know of Arnotine Ferucand?” sneered a tall young man on the second day of their investigation in the vicinity of Jacmel. He regarded Ryu with suspicion. Then he looked at the photo of Miura and chuckled. “Oh, yes this...
Dead Love: Rats!
I just saw my first rat (family: Muridae, genus: Rattus) this trip. It was scuttling along the tracks in the NY underground. I’m surprised I haven’t seen more of them. Nobody knows how many rats there are in New York; estimates range from hundreds of thousands to millions....
Dead Love: Zombie Rant ...
If I didn’t already feel like a zombie, today would certainly push me over the edge. I’m dragging around after a day of sifting through the good and the bad at BEA. I don’t know if the stats say “up” or “down,” but I’d say attendance was...