Trevor Kennedy has written a review of A Handful of Zombies which is in the latest issue of Phantasmagoria magazine.
A HANDFUL OF ZOMBIES: TALES OF THE RESTLESS DEAD
(CHAPBOOK NO. 1) by David A. Riley
IF HORROR STORIES of the zombie variety are your thing – and it’s pretty obvious that David A. Riley rather enjoys them, too – then I would imagine that you would quite like this neat little near-60-page chapbook from the author, containing reprints of four of his undead tales, each one a different take on the sub-genre, and each with their own merits, the illustrations contained by regular collaborator and friend of Riley’s, Jim Pitts.
The opening tale, ‘Dead Ronnie and I’, possibly my favourite of the four, sees two men attempt to escape the ensuing madness of the apocalypse in the UK by plane, but things naturally don’t go as planned.
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The chapbook is wrapped up with ‘Romero’s Children’, an obvious allusion to zombie maestro George (and which is also reprinted in the pages of this current issue of Phantasmagoria, by the way). It’s an interesting one which sees the populace infected by the “OM” virus, as opposed to the traditional zombie fare.
The zombie sub-genre on film has seen something of a strong resurgence in the twenty-first century, from Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later though to several varying-in-quality Romero remakes, the Resident Evil series, and The Walking Dead, however in terms of literature I don’t believe it is a field that has ever really left us. David A. Riley is one of those authors who, it appears, is certainly attempting to ensure that it continues to stay around for a while to come.
A Handful of Zombies: Tales of the Restless Dead (Chapbook No. 1) is published by Parallel Universe Publications and is available to purchase from Amazon and other outlets.
Trevor Kennedy
Phantasmagoria magazine
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