Zombie Nation Publishing,? ?the newest publisher in St.? ?Pete,? ?arose from the wildly successful anthology ZOMBIE ST.? ?PETE,? ?released in? February at the St.? ?Petersburg Pier.? ?Featuring an introduction penned by up-and-coming zombie superstar S.? ?G.? ?Browne and short stories written by local authors,? ?the book attracted attention like shambling corpses to a slumber party.? ?Hordes of zombies showed up,? ?there was music and the Thriller dance.? ?ZOMBIE ST.? ?PETE flew off the tables,? ?and for a night the Pier glowed green.
ZOMBIE ST.? ?PETE is now out of print,? ?but the possibilities of regional zombie fiction stayed with editor Aaron Alper,? ?who moved on to establish a press of his own,? ?Zombie Nation Publishing.? ?The idea is to release anthologies in cities across the globe,? ?written by local authors,? ?featuring settings and locales familiar to the denizens of these doomed metropoli.? ZOMBIE NEW YORK is already in the works?; ?Chicago and London are on the horizon.? ?But
This article appears in Jun 3-9, 2010.