Monthly Archives: May 2026

Idiotic authorities in zombie apocalypses

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Author

Authorities are always depicted as idiots in zombie apocalypses, for no good reason except “so the plot can happen” (to quote the Critical Drinker). What really bothers me about most zombie apocalypse novels is the irrational way that the authorities … Continue reading →

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Proto-Short-Zombie-War

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Author

A little story I wrote all the way back in 2013 (!). It’s experimental, so I used different colors for the two speakers instead of having dialogue tags or action tags. Joe. Go away. Joe. Go. Away. We’re facing a … Continue reading →

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Zombies again

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Author

My thoughts from all the way back in 2017 (!) about World War Z and the proper way to clear out zombies. As I have mentioned before, I think the Paris authorities in World War Z took entirely the wrong … Continue reading →

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Stopping a zombie apocalypse

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Author

My thoughts from all the way back in 2017 (!) about how to stop a zombie apocalypse. I understand that someone prepared a simulation of what would happen in case of a zombie apocalypse, and concluded that the human species … Continue reading →

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How to deal with a crowd of zombies

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Author

My thoughts from all the way back in 2017 (!) about how to deal with a crowd of zombies. Continuing my thoughts from this post, the correct way to deal with a crowd of zombies is probably with fire: go … Continue reading →

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Intelligence in a Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Author

My thoughts from all the way back in 2017 (!) about living through a zombie apocalypse. Continuing my thoughts from this post, one of the really striking things about zombie apocalypse books (and I suppose movies and TV shows though … Continue reading →

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Genre Literacy

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Author

My thoughts from all the way back in 2013 (!) about genre literacy. Entirely too many years ago, I saw a monster movie where something was lurking in the basement of the main characters’ house. They knew it was there … Continue reading →

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