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: Dead, Gone, ...
You may find the undead scary, but the way humanity deals with the dead is the real horror, environmentally speaking. Between the wood used for caskets (30 million—sometimes rare wood—board feet, according to National Geographic), the tons of steel and concrete for burial vaults, the...
Zombie Nod to The Rolli...
Today I thought I’d dedicate a graph and a link or two to another English rock band from the sixties, this one with superhuman endurance. That’s right, it has to be The Rolling Stones. They’ve been hanging together since 1962 … well, pretty much … they did...
6. Hide and Seek (2)
They speak French and Creole in Haiti. Ryu spoke Japanese and some English. When he found a translator, the fellow, who was not at all fluent in Japanese, had trouble understanding him. “I need to find this man,” said Ryu in Japanese. He handed the translator a photo of Miura. The...Book Expo Signing
Stone Bridge Press Announces DEAD LOVE SIGNING AT BOOKEXPO AMERICA Thursday, May 27, 12:oo – 12:30 pm Author Signing Area, Table 8 We are excited to announce that Linda Watanabe McFerrin will be at BEA in New York next week, signing galleys of her much anticipated forthcoming...
Dead Love at BookExpo A...
The wonderful folks at Stone Bridge Press have arranged for a Dead Love signing at BEA in New York next week. In addition to receiving a free advance reader’s copy, those who show up may get a wee bit of zombie swag. The signing will take place on Thursday, 5/27/10, at Table 8 in...
Dead Love: Zombie, Zumb...
Just in case you were wondering … the word “zombie” is very possibly of West African origin. In Kikongo “zumbi” means “fetish” and “nzambi” means “god.” The snake god was “Kimbundu nzambi,” though the name...
Dead Love: Zombie Seren...
Clément sent me this. I guess he exhumed it from the dead file. He claims it’s how he feels about me and, I have to admit, it has a haunting ring. What’s great is the boy band that sang it was The Zombies, a group that formed in St. Albans, a city near London, back in 1959....