Yesterday, I took the unedited manuscript of Genesis Earth<\/em> and formatted it nice and pretty so my friend Laura <\/a>could read it on her Kindle, and…man, it looks like a real book! \u00a0There’s something about seeing your work in the actual form that people are going to read it in that is just…well, for lack of a better word, magical<\/em>. \u00a0It’s definitely motivated me to get GE up quickly, as well as Journey to Jordan<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0More on that in the next few days and weeks to come.<\/p>\n It’s getting late out here and I’d better get some sleep, but before I do, I want to put a plug in for my new favorite webcomic, The Zombie Hunters<\/a>. \u00a0Ross Wolfe, Quark’s renowned zombie expert, introduced me to the comic a couple months ago, and I have been totally hooked ever since.<\/p>\n The comic is set in our world after the zombie apocalypse, where a band of five thousand survivors struggles to rebuild civilization on an island that was previously the site of a major research campus. \u00a0The zombie plague has a dormant phase, where the infected can live normal lives, but turn into zombies when they die.<\/p>\n The infected live in segregated barracks as second class citizens, but teams of them regularly venture out into the wastelands to salvage supplies from the zombie-infested ruins. \u00a0The comic basically centers around one of these teams of zombie hunters; their struggles and challenges, their relationships with each other, and their hopes and dreams for the future.<\/p>\n The storytelling is fantastic, the characters are engaging and real, the post-apocalyptic setting dark, gritty, and yet totally immersive and frighteningly believable–man, it’s just awesome. \u00a0And the longer it runs, the better it gets! \u00a0I can’t wait to find out how Charlie the half-life fits in with his ability to communicate with the zombies, or to get the full backstory with Jenny and Milo. \u00a0And I love the banter between Jenny and Sammie, her alcoholic sociopath best friend.<\/p>\n Right now, though, the main storyline is on hold while the author works through some business problems, but the short story is absolutely fantastic. \u00a0I love her fantastic use of point of view–how she gets into the little boy’s head and shows the apocalypse unfold from his perspective. \u00a0And the kid’s grisly end…man, zombies are even freakier when you never see their faces! \u00a0I wouldn’t be surprised if I have nightmares tonight about it–I have in the past. \u00a0Crazy awesome zombie nightmares, heh.<\/p>\n As a side note, may I point out what may quite possibly be the perfect weapon for the zombie apocalypse, the AA-12 shotgun<\/a>. \u00a0All it needs is a bayonet and like a bajillion clips of ammo. \u00a0A must-have for any zombie contingency plan.<\/p>\n But yeah, let me just say I am in awe of The Zombie Hunters<\/a>. \u00a0Awesome, awesome story–every time it updates, I get immersed again in the post-apocalyptic world, and it is amazing. \u00a0If I ever end up writing a zombie apocalypse story (which will probably involve starships and space travel in some fashion), I would be tickled if it’s even half as good as this excellent webcomic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mass = Massachusetts = “back east,” for all you unwashed Utahans! 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