It’s 1996 and I Can Probably Escape While the Zombie Ducks and Geese Are Finishing Off That Girl Over There

Braaaaaiiiiiins.

For context, I’ve been scanning old prints and negatives (a project I’ve been meaning to do for years, and was finally motivated to start for due to family reasons), and sometimes I find ones that lend themselves to captions. Usually these involve my wife, who you may remember from such “Not a Review” posts as “Not a Review of Game of Thrones” and “Not a Review of Battlestar Galactica”. I have been posting these on Facebook from time to time but it finally occurred to me that I could also post them here. After all, this is supposed to be a blog about words, right? And a picture is worth a thousand words? So all I need is forty or fifty pictures and bam! I’ve got a novella.

BTW, don’t worry about her. It turned out the zombie ducks and geese were vegetarians.

The elusive wife, some 30-odd years ago, in the blockbuster horror sequel 28 Ducks Later. See? She does exist!

Teaser Tuesday: “That Wicked Apple”

So this week I was reading That Wicked Apple, the second in a long series of short books by Rob E. Boley in which the characters from classic fairy tales such as Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, etc., have to deal with a zombie apocalypse. Because of course they do.

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The Last (Arcade) of Us

While I was watching an episode of Fungus Zombies* (better known as The Last of Us) on HBO, and my wife happened to be in the room:

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So What Do You Want To Watch Now?

As the reader who’s been around for any length of time knows, we are currently in the middle of watching the old medical show House. However, we usually like to have two shows that we’re watching, a “light” one and a “heavy” one. Despite (or perhaps because of) all the sarcasm, insults, and medical stuff that involves my covering my eyes and shrieking, House is our “light” show, not our “heavy” one. The “heavy” slot has, of late, been occupied by limited series, such as House of the Dragon and, more recently, the final season of His Dark Materials, and now we are, sadly, without a show to offset the routine levity of lumbar punctures, catheters, bleeding orifices, and people saying “Maybe it’s vasculitis” that is House; and so, new shows are currently being auditioned.

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And All It Took Was A Pandemic

Some years ago—never mind how long precisely*—I acquired a board game called Zombies!!!

All it took to get us to finally play this game was a pandemic.
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Did You Ever Wonder What Sound A Zombie Makes When It Hits The Ground After Being Pushed Off A Balcony?

Then through the magic of subtitles, wonder no more!

splat

Coincidentally, splat was also the sound made by this mostly-unfortunate season of Fear the Walking Dead as it limped to its conclusion

Teaser Tuesday 6/25/2019: “That Risen Snow”

So this week I’m reading That Risen Snow, by Rob E. Boley, which answers a question no one ever thought to ask: What if, after being kissed by the Prince, Snow White awakened as a ravenous zombie?

risen_snow
How do you like them apples?

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Not A Review Of “Kingdom” Hats

So not long ago, I watched the first season of the new Netflix series Kingdom, a zombie thriller that also happens to be a Korean period piece set at the very end of the 16th century.

 

kingdom
Ooh, shiny.

 

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Teaser Tuesday 5/1/2018: “Death Warmed Over”

This week I’m reading Death Warmed Over, by Kevin J. Anderson:

Gun, With Occasional Zombie

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Teaser Tuesday 6/28/2016: “The Girl with All the Gifts”

So this week I’m reading The Girl with All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey, a post-apocalyptic zombie “hungries” novel in which society has been laid waste by a mutated (possibly weaponized) form of Ophiocordyceps.  Perhaps it takes place on the same devastated earth as “The Last of Us” …

TheGirlWithAllTheGifts
I love you thiiiiissss much.

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