halloween is just 10 days away... what are you most afraid of? zombies, maybe...?PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES by Seth Grahame-Smith (2009) As a mysterious plague falls upon the village of Meryton and zombies start rising from the dead, Elizabeth Bennett is determined to destroy the evil menace, but becomes distracted by the arrival of the dashing and arrogant Mr. Darcy.
WORLD WAR Z by Max Brooks (2006) An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival.
THE CELL by Stephen King (2006) Civilization doesn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone. What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. What matters to them is surviving the aftermath.Before long a band of them-"normies" is how they think of themselves-have gathered on the grounds of Gaiten Academy, where the headmaster and one remaining student have something awesome and terrifying to show them on the school's moonlit soccer field. Clearly there can be no escape. The only option is to take them on.
KISS OF SHADOWS by Laurell K. Hamilton (2000) Princess Meredith, a fairie, poses as a human in Los Angeles living as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime. (Meredith Gentry, Book 1)
FRAGILE THINGS by Neil Gaiman (2006) A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light.
THE LIVING DEAD by various authors (2008) A collection of short stories about zombies includes contributions by Clive Barker, Laurell K. Hamilton, Stephen King, and Neil Gaiman.
BONESHAKER by Cherie Priest (2009) Inventor Leviticus Blue creates a machine that accidentally decimates Seattle's banking district and uncovers a vein of Blight Gas that turns everyone who breathes it into the living dead. Sixteen years later Briar, Blue's widow, lives in the poor neighborhood outside the wall that's been built around the uninhabitable city. Life is tough with a ruined reputation, but she and her teenage son Ezekiel are surviving--until Zeke impetuously decides that he must reclaim his father's name from the clutches of history.
THE RISING by Brian Keene (2003) When a horrifying plague turns most of the world into powerful flesh-eating zombies, Jim Thurmond, while on a cross-country quest to save his son, joins forces with an elderly preacher, a scientist, and a reformed prostitute to save civilization from evil.
THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by Carrie Ryan (2009) Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
JACK AND JILL WENT UP TO KILL: a book of zombie nursery rhymes by Michael Spradlin (2011)
From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies!" and "Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime" comes the perfect book for zombie lovers (both literal and figurative) everywhere: a collection of classic nursery rhymes, zombie style
and of course THE WALKING DEAD graphic novel series by Robert Kirkham(these are on order... but they are coming... for you... eeek!!)
see you in the library
JeNNiFFeR
