Vampires tend to go on at length about their post-life agonies—the romantic intrigues, the moral conflict of blood drinking, the tragic isolation of immortality… Bloodsuckers are chatty folk, once you get past the brooding. Zombie, not so much—we rarely get their perspective on life and undeath; they are simple, mindless creatures. The thinking zombie is an interesting anomaly, often […]
Sometimes a trend comes along that just isn’t for everyone—like traditional zombies. Maybe they’re hot right now (thanks, Walking Dead), but they’re also sort of gross, definitely scary, and usually all around sad. But if The CW’s new iZombie proves anything, it’s that zombies don’t have to be those things. Zombie stories can be heartwarming, […]
No one knows what happens when we die. Religions, pyramids, and entire industries have cropped up in response to humanity’s quest to solve the mystery without, you know, actually dying. Arguably the entire institution of literature is a response to death—either to ruminate and philosophize on The End, or to snatch a piece of literary immortality. A few authors […]