The Headhunter (Shorting the Undead & Other Horrors) by Tanpepper Saul

Author:Tanpepper, Saul [Tanpepper, Saul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brinestone Press
Published: 2011-08-30T18:30:00+00:00

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Author’s note

What is it about the Undead that we love to fear? Other than the visceral terror they can invoke in us, what makes zombies and their ilk so horrifying? Is it because they’re mindless? Is it because they hunt and feed with no rational motivation, driven only by some carnal instinct, uncontrolled by rational thought? Is because we are their prey?

While working on an upcoming zombie pandemic novel (tentatively called Touch Me & Die), I began to question the whole concept of the monsters as “mindless” creatures. Of course, classic zombie lore is heavily founded on the idea that these monsters are mindless; it is why the brain-eaters so frightening and compelling.

But what if they weren’t as mindless as we think they are? What if a story were written from their point of view? What we flipped the idea of “monsters” on its proverbial ear and we became the monsters?

It was with these questions in mind that I wrote The Headhunter.

I hope reading this story was as thought-provoking and entertaining for you, Dear Reader, as it was for me to write.

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