A World On Fire – A Zombie Blog

If you’ve been following this site for the past few weeks, you’ll know that there is a We’re Alive promotion going on right now. If you haven’t listened to this radio series, do yourself a favor and go download it. It’s a professional audio production about a group of soldiers and civilians who barricade themselves in an apartment building in hopes of surviving a zombie-like apocalypse. I’m putting together an interview for the cast and crew of this production, and if you have any questions that you would like to ask, either respond on the facebook page, or just send me a note. I’ll make sure the questions are included. To learn more about the promotion, head over here. … Read entire article »

The giveaway is still growing strong. Make sure you sign up for a free USB thumb drive and a signed photo of the We’re Alive cast. Today’s episode: The small group of survivors discover a frightened maintenance worker named Datu (Jay Olegario) who shows them around the building where they find both the dead and the infected. It is only after the group discovers the savage monster who used to be Angel’s (Shane Salk) girlfriend does everyone realize how much they’ve all lost. Listen now! Enter the We’re Alive Giveaway: A winner will be chosen at random on December 1st. To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is either comment on a We’re Alive related post, or “like it” on facebook. But that’s not all, you also … Read entire article »

Michael, Saul, and Angel drive through the post-apocalyptic Los Angeles streets and find two women trapped on top of a building. Riley is a chef with a thick skin and a good eye for people. Pegs is a florist who has an unspoken aversion to weapons. Angel directs the small group to his girlfriend’s apartment building, hoping to find sanctuary but find death instead. Listen now! Enter the We’re Alive Giveaway: A winner will be chosen at random on December 1st. To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is either comment on a We’re Alive related post, or “like it” on facebook. But that’s not all, you also must join the We’re Alive facebook page as well as be a World on Fire member … Read entire article »

Three soldiers and a handful of civilian are trapped in an abandoned apartment building while the infected remnants of humanity pound their bloodied hands against the barricaded doors. The streets are littered with the dead. The sky is diffused from the smoke of burning buildings. And any hope left is but dust in the wind. This is the story of We’re Alive. Having been an avid collector of old time radio shows for the past fifteen years, I can say that this is one of the best audio productions in recent memory, standing equal among such classic radio shows such as Escape, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and even the various productions of the Mercury Theater on the Air (most noted by their War of the Worlds broadcast … Read entire article »

With today being the first day of November, that can only mean one thing … a winner of Todd Sprague’s book, The New Zed Order. The winner is … drumroll please … Mitch White. Congratulations, Mitch. Just because this giveaway is over doesn’t mean you can’t read this book. It’s on sale at Amazon for twelve dollars. Or you can always ask your local library to put it in stock. In any case, many thanks to Todd for writing both a great book and for the promotion. Details about November’s promotion will be divulged tomorrow. The New Zed Order: SURVIVE (newzedorder.com.com <- new window) Buy The New Zed Order: SURVIVE (amazon.com <- new window) … Read entire article »

Personally, I thought becoming a zombie was a freebie, but the ever ingenious marketing folks over at Gamestop have devised a promotion that can make your zombie fantasies come. All you do is reserve the latest Resident Evil game, then pick up a free t-shirt. T-shirt, you say? What does a t-shirt have to do with becoming a zombie? According to the article: Printed on the inside of the front of the shirt was a zombie head. Flip it over your head, and your arms are drawn up—suddenly you’re one of the undead. Impromptu zombie hordes begin harassing Comic Con, and suddenly you have some very good marketing on your hands. Very very cool. And here’s a cool point that isn’t mentioned in the article … you … Read entire article »