October is Zombie Appreciation Month!

The North American Necrological Research Institute designates October as Zombie Appreciation Month. They aren’t alone – even the state of Kansas has declared October as “Zombie Preparedness Month”  So to celebrate, we’re having a sale and releasing some great free content for you all!

EVERYTHING IS ON SALE!

Zombies of the World is $13.95 with FREE shipping, this month only!
Ebook editions are $2.99
The Survivor Safety Poster is only $7.50 with FREE shipping
The Species Poster is now only $9.95 with FREE shipping

This isn’t all though. Every Tuesday and Thursday, we’ll post brand new zombie-related content to our blog like:

 

  • The conclusion of the Zombies of the World web series
  • Survivalism and the zombie apocalypse: a two part essay
  • Songs of the dead: great zombie songs you should hear
  • Behind the scenes: planning Zombies of the World
  • The new wave in foreign zombie films
  • A new excerpt from Zombies of the World
  • A podcast of Ross Payton’s Gencon 2011 Zombie Panel
  • and more!

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The Zed Word reviews Zombies of the World

They like us, they really like us!

Zombies of the World is a relief from everything that’s wrong with most zombie guides. Unlike many other guides that are tedious and dry attempts to cash in on the undead, Zombies of the World is sharply written, wonderfully illustrated and designed, mercifully concise, and deeply influenced by zombie culture. And most important of all: it’s really fun to read.

Read the whole review here.

World War Z to hit theaters December 21, 2012

One of the best pieces of zombie literature will finally hit the silver screen next year:

Paramount has announced they’ll be dropping their Brad Pitt-led zombie movie “World War Z” into theaters on December 21, 2012. The film is currently shooting with Marc Forster directing the Black List-approved script by J. Michael Straczynski (with rewrites by Matthew Michael Carnahan) that centers on a UN bureaucrat named Gerry Lane, who in the aftermath of the zombie war is asked to compile a complete report on the incident.

From Indiewire

Fingerprint scanners can now tell the living from the (un)dead

According to New Scientist “researchers at Dermalog Identification Systems in Hamburg, Germany, have developed a way for a fingerprint scanner to differentiate between live and dead tissue.”Ostensibly designed to keep thieves from bypassing fingerprint scanners by severing fingers from authorized users, this system can also be of great help against intelligent zombie species. Talking Zombies are particularly clever and determined predators and would not hesitate to mutilate a victim to gain access to secure locations.