Review: Love can conquer all, even zombies and their... unique set of issues
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2013
"Guess Who's Coming at Dinner" by Geoffrey Knight and Ethan Day: four stars.There are so many ways this title could be interpreted and they all work in this 'coming of age' setting for a bitty love story in the zombie-pocalypse.There is believable, enjoyable humor weaving its way through the nailbiting, unique set of rules in this particular z-poc. And yes, it is a love story, have no doubt. The supporting characters are fantabulous. I love these two young men, wonderful characters. Not a lot of gore in this one and it will make you smile and squirm. ;)"Surviving Sin City" by Ethan Stone and Daniel A Kaine: three and a half stars.This one starts out well, not really letting on where it's going and I like that. One MC was well drawn, while it took a bit of time to get a grasp on the other, more of the understanding coming from the other MC's reactions towards him. There is hotness, the level of gore escalates in this one and the rules are a bit more 'classic' when one thinks of zombie stories, with an interesting twist thrown in. The dialogue felt a bit forced now and then but nothing that really slowed down the pace of the read. You can see the possibility of more story with this one."Ghoul's Gym" by Eric Arvin and TJ Klune: five zombiefied stars, YO.I was laughing and yanked into this story from the first words, the first scene. Then... it turned frustrating... then it got sweet, and we haven't even encountered the 'z' factor yet. Two wonderfully drawn characters, I was made to care for them both immediately. Jake and Uly.Now *ahem* the gore factor is definitely high in this one, nothing is held back. These two writers took the z-pocalypse and ran a marathon with it in this short. Creativity, y'all, CRE.A.TIV.IT.Y.Love it!! Won't even allude to the ending, but it takes a good writer, two in this case, working so well together, to put an emotionally induced lump in my throat at the same time they give me a serious case of the heebie-jeebies. Yes, they went there. This, my friends, is how you do the zombie-pocalypse up right.