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: Paris Zombie...
They say Parisians make the best zombies. Well, they definitely have a certain je ne sais quoi. Still, I’m not sure judgments can be made on zombie quality. Aren’t zombies and critical thinking contradictory notions? I would hope so, since this, in my opinion, is the appeal...
Dead Love: Zombie-Loan
If you aren’t already familiar with the Japanese manga series Zombie-Loan, created by Banri Sendo and Shibuku Ebara (Peach-Pit), and its anime adaptation, check this out. Awkward and apologetic Kita Michiru literally stumbles across ultra-awesome Boys A and B—Chika Akatsuki and...
13. Live Dead Girl (5)
It’s funny how living moments can become friezes, stiff, like the past caught in the flash of a camera, like photographs. What a fright, I thought. Then I saw myself as he saw me: the girl—a once-dead one—standing naked upon a chair in front of her mirror. So, I looked straight at him...
Dead Love: Extraterrest...
The year is 1959; the director is the legendary Ed Wood; the stars are the equally legendary Bela Lugosi (he dies during the making of the film) and the ever-suckulent Vampira; the subject—you may have guessed—is zombies. Yeah! If you haven’t seen Plan 9 from Outer Space, you are...
Dead Love: Zombie Auto-...
Some of you ask me: Is the zombie invasion real? It’s a question that, like all good questions, must be answered and answered and answered again. For that I need only rely on the ZIA (Zombie Intelligence Agency) and their constant updates. This from a ZIA member: Zombie...
Dead Love: Back to Blac...
I don’t know about you, but the day after Judgment Day, I’m ready to go “Back to Black,” and for me that means relishing the title song from the 2006 album by Amy Winehouse, troubled Grammy Award-winning British chanteuse and very nice naughty girl. Substance...
13. Live Dead Girl (4)
Those toes and the mouth were the parts of the body that I liked the most—the mouth because it was full of itself, full of provocative tastes. But I also liked my ears, so perfect, as though they’d been crafted of porcelain. I would have liked, almost, to remove them—the better to see...