TODAY is a local public reading at a Bowling Alley/Grill. If you're local and have eyes on this, c'mon down.

The Unbecoming Remains, a decomposition of the dead, is shuffling ever-closer. Realizing fonts, colors and such might change, which cover do you favor? Bring this book out to shamble the streets and stock bookstores everywhere.

Click your favorite below:

Did you click a favorite? Write back if you want to wax on about your favorite or other design ideas we should consider.

BRYAN APPLEGATE, ZOMBIE

Talented voice actor, Bryan Applegate, did an audition for the audiobook. When I listen to it through headphones, I get chills, especially late in the recording when we hear Ambrose speak, barely restraining his rage. This is a real treat, friends, and something I hope to fund through Kickstarter. Go sit in the dark and give this a listen! Concept_Dead_Set.mp3

An MLJ Observation

We just watched Table 19, a ten-year-old romantic comedy about an ostracized table of losers at a wedding reception. (It's not a stellar movie, but it does feature Anna Kendrick.)

Point is: I've been there. I've felt that out of place. I got good at it, to the point I learned to "chameleon" my way in/out of most situations. (Yes, I've crashed over a dozen wedding receptions, too.)

Instead of being the odd man out, more recently I've tried to apply that quote above, both literally and figuratively. If you're reading this and know me well, are counted among my friends, it is because you are someone on that list (dreamer, star gazer, etc.) and you really give me energy. Thank you. In the words of Andrew Gold, "Thank you for being a friend."​

Let's blow something up. (Figuratively, Carson, figuratively!)

On Being Overlooked

From Unbecoming Remains

Dr. Ambrose Brooks, recent zombie convert:​​

"Think about it, Miriam. I’ve run the gamut of social positioning, from well-educated, middle class white male to--to this--an anonymous member of a displaced people… And by my count, we’ve become the majority now. Ever seen a real Frankenstein monster, or a ghost, or even a witch? No. It all seems grossly unfair, really. A cosmic oversight. But it’s not as if we were going to picket Mattel or Spirit Halloween about it.”

Buy the Back List

...before it's too late.

We're recovering all the old sci-fi novels, giving them a new skin. If you're a collector, now's your chance to get them with the "face covers" as I call them, before something more like this comes out: