It’s rather popular to be undead right now. But not as a vampire (that’s so yesterday.) You, my friend, will reach utmost popularity if you are a zombie or, at least, a zombie-killer (better yet, an expert at zombie-apocalypse survival.) . Today, during your mythological creatures tour, please wrap a leather scarf around your neck (particularly your arteries and veins) and peer into the darkened shadows over there… . VAMPIRES Vampires are folklore, and yet the popular thing nowadays is to step away from the well-known “don’t-look-in-a-mirror-or-step-out-into-sunlight” understanding of vampires and twist some of the old legends. Should we stick to …
We are all Zombies
I watched an episode of The Walking Dead the other night. The story was absolutely intriguing: what would the world be like if a disease turned almost everyone into zombies? The problem was, I couldn’t stomach the head shots or the body parts trailing behind the corpses. So I only ended up watching one and a half episodes. But it made me start thinking: All of us are zombies. Huh? I work with junior high boys and we always end up talking about interesting things (surprising, right?). One night we talked about this verse: “And you were dead in your …
Interview with James Scott Bell
Hi everyone! Today we have James Scott Bell with us. James Scott Bell is an award winning and bestselling author of a variety of books including historical fiction, suspense, and speculative, as well as books on the craft of writing. I could say more, but he already did in the questions below, so let’s get started with this interview! 1) Tell us a little about yourself and how you became a writer. I am a native of Los Angeles, third generation. I grew up here and I love it––when I can get through the traffic. But we now have a …
Zombies, Star Wars, and God
I watched an episode of “The Walking Dead” a couple weeks ago at the suggestion of a friend. “The Walking Dead” is a story centered on a handful of humans trying to survive in a world that has succumb to a disease that turns people into zombies. It’s graphic. It’s gory. And, strangely for me, it was very sad. Half of me was horrified of the zombies. Their decayed bodies, their thirst for living flesh, their pack mentality. The fear that once you are bit, you will become one of them. Yet there was a part of me that felt …