Ashes to Ashes, Rust to Rust
Chris Mackowski
The last word from the foremost expert (a zombie apocalypse postscript)
Matt Mogk has been out of town for a few days, but whether that’s because he’s been on vacation or he’s been out investigating an outbreak of the living dead, he doesn’t […]
Ray Bradbury: "Live forever!"
“Live forever!” Mr. Electro told him. Ray Bradbury was twelve years old and had just seen Mr. Electro get strapped to the electric chair at the traveling carnival. Someone threw the switch. […]
A final dispatch from the zombie apocalypse
I am a survivor of the zombie apocalypse. Or am I? I spent the spring semester filling my head with a whole bunch of stories about the end of the world as […]
Even George Romero started somewhere: Teenage filmmaker creates his own zombie apocalypse
Nothing like a good old-fashioned zombie apocalypse to liven up high school, wouldn’t you say? That’s what Sam Toller thought, anyway. His ten-minute film, We Are What We Eat, gives kids one […]
Richard Hugo, Anne Lamott, and me: You're never the same reader twice
I have developed a habit over the years of dog-earring pages in the books I read as a way to remind myself of passages that resonated with me as I read. I […]
The Dead: As good as zombie movies get
The zombie apocalypse implies a global pandemic, but most of what I’ve seen so far has been good ol’ fashioned American zombies. The 28 Days franchise has English zombies, as does Shaun […]
With zombie movies like these, who needs video games?
After spending a little time video-gaming last week, I decided to hit up the great grand-daddy of zombie video games: Resident Evil. First booted up in 1996, the franchise has spawned more […]
Video games and zombies–who made who?
I thought we’d start with something a little friendlier—Plants vs. Zombies, maybe—but this is my son’s chance to take me to school, and he’s taking it seriously. He’s going Full Metal Jackson: […]
Zombies vs. Cheerleaders
Science fiction is full of tales of unfettered research gone awry. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. H. G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man. Them! The Fly. Help me, help me! […]
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