What is it about the undead we love so much? Since George Romero wrote the rules for zombification, we have had a love affair with the shamblers, the running mad men, and the decaying dudes. 
     Romero always indicated that his movies were about far more than a bunch of zombies and indeed, he explored racial situations, crowd behavior, and social tension. Infamously the message "they are us. We are them" has been the underlying theme. We wonder what it is like to lose the familial connections, our sense of morality, and sense of self. That scares us. We don't want to be "like that" and yet, as much as we fear it and fear it happening to those we love, we are also drawn to it. 
    I think we love to watch zombies because they are the ultimate in adversaries. They look like us, but they are the enemy. Zombies can't think, and yet, they are a worthy opponent. They have weight, they have no fear, they feel no pain, and they feel no remorse or sympathy. They are us, but without the human parts. They are the antithesis of what people are and yet...they look like us, with a little rot and ruin for fun.

Amanda Lyons:  Grab the first book because there are sequels about to be released. Join the epic journey into Lyons' poetic, dark world.

William Bove:  A fresh, intelligent take on vampires; no sparkles here, but  instead, find the harsh realities of the blood sucking life.

catt dahman: Vampires in the old west battle Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp and more legends. OR  Helen of Sparta and Troy was beautiful, and enslaved by an ancient curse of blood desires.

Ed Cardillo: See why he is a leading author of horror in Feral Hearts, a smart, sexy take that is unique. Ed edits and leads in a book with six odd, memorable characters on a singles trip, that find the vampires are after them! catt dahman, Amanda Lyons, Ed Cardillo, Michael Fisher, Jim Goforth, and Mark Woods join to provide six terrifying endings. Pick your poison!

Essel Pratt is from Mishawka, Indiana, a North Central town near the Michigan Border. His prolific writings have graced the pages of multiple anthologies, a couple self-published works, as well as his own creations.

As a husband, a father, and a pet owner, Essel's responsibilities never end. Other than a family man, he works a full time job an hour from his home, he is a writer for the Inquisitr, a full time student on his journey to a degree - while maintaining a 4.0 GPA, and is also the Chief of Acquisitions and Executive Assistant for J. Ellington Ashton Press. His means of relieving stress and relaxing equate to sitting in front of his dual screens and writing the tales within the recesses of his mind.

Inspired by C.S. Lewis, Clive Barker, Stephen King, Harper Lee, William Golding, and many more, Essel doesn't restrain his writings to straight horror. His first Novel, Final Reverie is more Fantasy/Adventure, but does include elements of Horror. His first zombie book, The ABC's of Zombie Friendship, attacks the zombie genre from an alternate perspective. Future books, that are in progress and yet to be imagined, will explore the blurred boundaries of horror within its competing genres, mixing the elements into a literary stew.

You can follow Essel at the following:

www.facebook.com/esselprattwriting

Esselpratt.blogspot.com

When a small group of outcasts from the suburbs of Washington, DC witness the zombie apocalypse happening before their eyes, what will they do to survive and will they succeed? 

A small cabin in the mountains of Virginia, once a refuge from the hectic rush of city life, may now be the only refuge for life for these self-labelled DC Freaks. 

Not your mama's Cabin in the Woods.

He's a family man, a tattoo artist, an editor for JEA, artist, and a damned fine writer. Right now, he is breaking out all over with stories in many upcoming anthologies. D C's Dead is the long awaited, hard core, take-no-prisoners story of a zombie apocalypse. As Fish says, "The freaks come out at night."

How about some Fantasies? These have great reviews and  will thrill!

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women who write to thrill and chill....

Fish Novellas

What is After about? 
On the surface it is an action story about a young girl struggling to survive in a harsh world after her father 's apparent death. I think underneath the story deals with a sense of loneliness and what it is like to be a teenager and feel like an outcast and the search for someone who understands that. 
What inspired this? 
I think it is a universal theme that we have all felt at one time or another. For some people this can make or break them. 

coming soon

Fish to Die For 
has won literary awards and an award for cover art. 
"I was born and raised in the great State of Texas. Currently I am a displaced Texan since my wife Rhonda of 16 years asked that we move to Colorado. We bought a home in the mountains and now live with the wildlife and our rescue dachshund Baxter. If I could move the weather from Colorado down to Texas, it would be awesome but then it wouldn’t be Texas then, would it?"  (Keith)