Review: Cowboy Zombie Stories
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
Having posted in a Goodreads' Review Initiative thread that I was willing to review works, the authors requested my review of two short stories, including this one, FEUD. I was provided a copy of this work in exchange for my fair and honest review. I thank the authors for this opportunity.I rate FEUD 3 stars based on:  (1) My overall enjoyment; (2) Creativity/Originality--(which, in large part, accounts for my 3-star rating because--really--who ever heard of cowboy zombie stories??); and (3) Voice/Ease of Reading.I generally begin my reviews with a comment on how "readable" I found the work at issue to be, in light of possible grammar and editing issues. They happen--and often, they can be disregarded. Unfortunately, in the case of FEUD there are a number of these issues that make the reading a bit difficult. Thus, this review does take these issues into account. (Having said that, I understand that the authors are working to resolve these issues.)In FEUD, we find the standard western town, complete with a saloon, a bartender, dancing girls, a sheriff, a lone stranger traveling through, and more. At issue is how to rid the town of the invading zombies in light of two powerful men--former friends--now enemies, who espouse different means for resolving the situation. While Griffin, the lone stranger, seeks to find justice, he loses a bit of himself along the way.Overall, I was intrigued by the concept of using the wild west as a setting for this story. It is hard to imagine such a sub-sub-genre in fiction as that of a crossover between a western and a zombie story. Still, I expect there is a fan-base for these works and those fans are likely to enjoy this story!