Review: Succinct yet tense!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2011
The zombie epidemic has already begun in Seattle and Hollywood's stars are responding in the only way they know how: a celebrity telethon! Avery Andrews is a television director in Los Angeles. She and her production team are behind the scenes during the telethon to raise proceeds to find a solution for "the outbreak". Avery's only worries are making sure she has the correct coffee and that she is capturing the telethon with the perfect camera angles. That is, until her host Blake learns the symptoms of the virus from the doctor he is talking to, realizes that he was just recently infected, and proceeds to attack the doctor. All hell breaks loose in the studio while Avery and her coworkers watch helplessly on the television screens from the sound proof room they are now trapped in.Jesse Petersen's zombie stories continue to reel me in. At 7,100 words, Shambling with the Stars, is succinct yet it has all of the elements of a larger story. In some ways, this glimpse into Avery's story is more desperate and dangerous than Sarah's and David's stories. She and her coworkers are stuck in the production room in the studio while celebrities are being attacked and turning into zombies right before their eyes...and the world's. They attempt to save a few more coworkers by letting them into the soundproof room, but it turns out to be a huge mistake. The emotions run high in this one. Jesse Petersen could easily turn Shambling with the Stars into a full-length novel. I would love to read more of Avery's story through the zombie apocalypse.Read this review in its original format at The Musings of ALMYBNENR: [...]