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Thread may contain spoilers Sea creatures, huge earthworms, flooded cities--Brian Keene’s The Conqueror Worms is one of the best post-apocalyptic stories I’ve ever read! It’s short, which is a little disappointing, and the ending didn’t give me the right amount of closure, but, damn, is this a...

While I’m uncertain of the movie remake, I think I Am Legend is an excellent book. It actually inspired my short story “Limbless Bodies Swaying,” which eventually grew into my zombie/vampire novel, Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines. Unfortunately, Matheson declined to write the intro for my book...

I haven’t read Lisey’s Story, but . . . when I attended Mr. King’s Portland Arts and Lectures appearance, he mentioned the book. He said he got the idea when he returned home after a near-fatal bout of pneumonia: his wife had cleaned out his office because she was going to refurnish it, so the...

I’ve only read the first chapter of Cell, but . . . when I attended Mr. King’s Portland Arts and Lectures appearance, he mentioned the book. He said he got the idea when he saw a woman in a power suit get on her cell phone; this was in New York. He wondered what would happen if the lady got some...

Zombie novels: has anyone mentioned Brian Keene’s novel The Rising? It won a Bram Stoker Award and virtually spawned the recent interest in zombies. Or what about Permuted Press’ envelope-pushing anthology, The Undead? You should check out the The Ultimate Zombie Book List, which lists...