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Bowie and the Aztecs…up to no good again!

deadaerisApril 19, 2013

Author Bowie Ibarra’s newest tale is a Lansdale-esque romp through the Wild West, called “The Cruel Fate of Dr Brewster McGill“.  Ibarra is up to his usual tricks – slavering undead, exciting chases, and intriguing characters – flavored with the right amount of […]

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The Lost Lansdale !

deadaerisApril 25, 2011

For a few years now I have been searching for the book “Dead in the West” by Joe R. Lansdale.  The first edition was published in 1986 – my birth year – and, to my knowledge, it is the first zombie western. […]

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Golden, Christoher “The New Dead”

deadaerisDecember 6, 2010

This book is one of many that I read over the summer.  I’m just now getting around to blogging about it. This book was pretty entertaining.  My favorite story was “Twittering from the Circus of the Dead” by Joe Hill.  I think […]

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Lansdale, Joe R. “Bumper Crop”

deadaerisNovember 29, 2010

If you are easily offended, it’s best not to read Lansdale’s “On the Other Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks” story as your introduction to his work.  The first Lansdale story I read was “The Long Dead Day” [discussed in […]

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More stories by an amazing author…

deadaerisNovember 29, 2010

If you are easily offended, it’s best not to read Lansdale’s “On the Other Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks” story as your introduction to his work.  The first Lansdale story I read was “The Long Dead Day” [discussed in […]

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Jones, Stephen. “The Dead That Walk”

deadaerisNovember 29, 2010

I really enjoyed The Dead That Walk because the stories felt very fresh and new.  I was accustomed to reading zombie literature and feeling terror and revulsion, but not really any sorrow or sympathy before.  The stories were also very unpredictable – […]

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Another super creepy anthology…

deadaerisNovember 29, 2010

I really enjoyed The Dead That Walk because the stories felt very fresh and new.  I was accustomed to reading zombie literature and feeling terror and revulsion, but not really any sorrow or sympathy before.  The stories were also very unpredictable – […]

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Literature

Skipp, John “Zombies Encounters with the Hungry Dead”

deadaerisOctober 23, 2010

This is a collection of stories edited and selected by author John Skipp.  Overall it was an enjoyable read.  None of the stories were boring, but more than a few made me squeamish.  Most of the stories are non-traditional and feature literary […]

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An odd assemblage of zombie stories

deadaerisOctober 23, 2010

This is a collection of stories edited and selected by author John Skipp.  Overall it was an enjoyable read.  None of the stories were boring, but more than a few made me squeamish.  Most of the stories are non-traditional and feature literary […]

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