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Be The Cure

Warm Bodies wants you to #BeTheCure.

"A funny new twist on a classic love story, WARM BODIES is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human -- setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world."

Warm Bodies, based on the book of the same name by Isaac Marion, opens in theaters tomorrow.

The Dead War Series - Free Today

Today is your last day to grab the Kindle version of The Dead War Series: Book One by George L. Cook III.  The cost is currently $0.00 and according to Cook on Twitter (@thedeadwar), this discount ends today.

The US Army doesn't run from any enemy, living......or dead!

In the year 2053 the dead walked. Mankind was caught off guard at first but within six years mounted a massive military assault on the dead.

These are the stories of some of those men and women that fought back. These are the stories of some trying to find a “cure”. These are the stories of those that are just trying to survive the nightmare of the walking dead. These are the stories of those that caused The Dead War.

This book contains the first chapter of The Dead War Series which features the hero of the series, Sergeant Richards . It also contains a short story about a character in the main story.

THE DEAD WAR SERIES: ZOMBIE KILLER 

Download The Dead War Series: Book One for Kindle now.

New In Books: Day By Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass

New in print this week from Permuted Press is Day By Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass by J.L. Bourne.

TOP SECRET

FROM: SECRETARY OF WAR

TO: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ST ATES

SUBJECT: VESSEL RECOVERED. FOUR IN CONTAINMENT. ONE ALIVE, EN ROUTE, WRIGHT FIELD

DECEPTION OPERATION UNDERWAY, DEBRIS STAGED,

ROSWELL, NM

In a desperate bid to take back the continental United States—where hordes of undead now dominate the ravaged human population—a Navy commander leads a global mission to the heart of the pandemic. Task Force Hourglass is humanity’s final hope, and his team’s agonizing decisions could mean living one day more—or surrendering to the eternal hell that exists between life and death.

SHATTERED HOURGLASS

The terrifying new novel in the acclaimed zombie apocalypse series.

Day By Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass is available in paperback and Kindle, and Unabridged Audiobook editions now.

New In Books: The Creepers

New in print this week is The Creepers by Norman Dixon Jr., published via Amazon's CreateSpace platform.

"Bobby’s whole life has been about surviving in the aftermath of the First War. The Folks taught him about the Creepers. Ol’ Randy taught him how to kill them, how to hide from them, and how to protect himself from their bite. But Ol’ Randy never told Bobby the truth of his existence. After sneaking beyond the Settlement’s razor wire fence, both Bobby and his brother Ryan are bitten. Life as they know it should be over, they should be dead. They should be Creepers. But they're not, and before they can find out why, their world comes crashing down around them."

The Creepers is available in paperback and Kindle editions now.

New In Books: Zombies Invasion Britain

New in print today is Zombies Invasion Britain, a do-it-yourself Amazon CreateSpace novella from Antony Stephens that clocks in at a brief 84 pages.

"It is the year 2250 and Stephen Williams finds himself in a Great Britain overrun by zombies and whose green belt land has all been concreted over. He is devoid of nearly all hope until he meets a nine-year-old girl called Julie Mayberry and together they try to survive in a land where their fellow humans are all but extinct. It is a struggle to the death against the zombies whose relentless pursuit of Stephen and Julie leads them both to learn of the final hypocrisy that lies beneath the betrayal of their country."

Zombies Invasion Britain is available in paperback now.

MY LIFE AS A WHITE TRASH ZOMBIE / DEARLY, DEPARTED: A ZOMBIE NOVEL

Lead by Felicia Day, the Geeks and Sundry book club, Vaginal Fantasy (no, not what you think), discusses Diana Rowland's MY LIFE AS A WHITE TRASH ZOMBIE and their alt selection, DEARLY DEPARTED: A ZOMBIE NOVEL by Lea Habel.

Trailer: WARM BODIES

The trailer for WARM BODIES, the film adaptation of Isaac Marion's zombie romance novel of the same name, is now live.

"A funny new twist on a classic love story, WARM BODIES is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human -- setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world."

WARM BODIES hits theaters on February 1, 2013.

New In Print: Loose Ends: A Zombie Novel

Just released in paperback and Kindle editions from Hazardous Press - Loose Ends: A Zombie Novel by Jay Wilburn.

"Loose Ends is the story of three cooks and a mute boy (the narrator) who are the only survivors of a raider attack after the zombie apocalypse. They proceed to look for a new home, but in the process uncover the darkness in each other's pasts. Everyone has to eat. This is true for humans and it is true for zombies. Three men have managed to survive the apocalypse by cooking for those that do the work of rebuilding. Sometimes they worked for noble men and sometimes for evil opportunists, but they survived by doing it well. When they become the last survivors by hiding from an attack and they are only cooking for themselves, they begin to think surviving may not be enough. After years of living through a zombie apocalypse apart and together, they find themselves alone again and in need of a new home. As they strike out together to search, they begin to explore regrets and unfinished business from their past lives. They might lose themselves for a while in their shared art of preparing the food they eat, but they must also keep from being eaten by the monsters that roam the Earth, both living and undead. “Chef” David Sharp, “Short Order” Shaw Porter, “Doc” John Brown, and a mute boy they call Mutt are on a journey to tie up their many loose ends. They will discover that their past actions have had far-reaching consequences. They may find destruction or redemption, but they will have to fight the past, themselves, and the walking dead every step of the way."

You can find the author online at JayWilburn.com and on Twitter at @AmongTheZombies.

New In Books: When There's No More Room In Hell II

Available in print this week is Luke Duffy's sequel to When There's No More Room In Hell.

"The Dead have conquered the Earth, devouring and destroying everything in their path as mankind is brought to the edge of extinction. After battling their way out of Baghdad, across the Middle East and in to Europe, Marcus and what is left of his team, are close to reaching their final objective. Now, they must continue their struggle against the hordes of rotting corpses that stand in their way as they travel the wasteland that had once been their home. As Marcus and his men press on, his brother, Steve, continues to hold together the band of survivors within the walls of the Safari Park. With danger all around, he soon discovers that they are fighting against more than just the un-dead."

When There's No More Room In Hell II is available in paperback and for the Kindle now.

New In Books: Undead: Everything The Modern Zombie Needs To Know

New this week from Serena Valentino, the author of How To Be a Zombie: The Essential Guide for Anyone Who Craves Brains, as well as the Young Adult fantasy novel Fairest of All and the graphic novel Nightmare & Fairy Tales: 1140 Rue Royale, comes another title in the realm of the living dead - Undead: Everything The Modern Zombie Needs To Know.

"Written for the zombie-loving teen (or the aspiring zombie-killer), this quirky, fast-paced, visually compelling guide has it all—fashion, make-up, movies, dating, rotting gracefully, and more. Fast-paced, funny, colorful, and gloriously gruesome."

Undead: EverythingThe Modern Zombie Needs To Know is available in paperback now.

World War Z brings in Damon Lindelof for rewrites

Paramount Pictures is reportedly turning to the co-creator of Lost to rewrite the already in production and allegedly already in trouble World War Z film.

The Hollywood Reporter says "Screenwriter Damon Lindelof has been brought in to save Paramount’s zombie movie World War Z."

Read their full story here.

Live Video Chat with Seth Grahame-Smith Tonight

Goodreads is having a live video chat with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith about his new book Unholy Night, his upcoming movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and any other things that their registered users can think to ask about.

This is happening tonight in just a little overt an hour from now at 7pm ET.

Watch live streaming video from goodreads at livestream.com

Twitter chat with 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' author Seth Grahame-Smith

Figment, the online writing community, is hosting a Twitter chat with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith tonight begininng at 7pm ET.

Grahame-Smith is also the writer behind Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter and his newest release Unholy Night as well as being the screenwriter of Tim Burton's DARK SHADOWS.

To take part in the chat, follow @FigmentFiction, @SethGS and use hashtag #figlitchat.

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