Zombies Can't Swim And Other Tales Of The Undead - Softcover

Drysdale, Colin M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909832006 ISBN 13: 9781909832008

Publisher: Pictish Beast Publications, 2013

Synopsis

Zombies Can't Swim And Other Tales Of The Undead is a collection of stories written by Colin M. Drysdale whose debut novel, For Those In Peril On The Sea, was released in 2013 to much acclaim. In this anthology, he explores a variety of zombie and post-apocalyptic related themes in tales ranging from ones short enough to fit in a Twitter posting, through flash fiction to full length short stories. They take their inspiration from subjects as disparate as the real life mystery of Flannan Isle through dilemmas you may face in a zombie apocalypse to why you shouldn't try waiting up for Santa Claus.

As a marine biologist by training, it's perhaps unsurprising that several of Colin M. Drysdale's tales link traditional zombie stories and the sea to provide a new and unusual take on how to survive in the world of the undead.

Note: All but one of the stories included in this anthology (The Black Heart Of The Sea) have previously been published on the author's blog.

Stories Included:

The Bookshop
I'm With The Band
Zombies Can't Swim
Last Flight Out
Waiting Up for Santa Claus: A Cautionary Tale
Nightwatch
The Watcher
Leaving
The Lighthouse At The End Of The Road
The Wall
The Girl At Little Harbour
A Plague On Both Your Houses
When Death Came To Flannan Isle
Family
Three Men In A Boat
The Emergency Room
Survival Skills
The Custom Of The Sea
Winter's End
When The Comet Came
The Labyrinth
Apocalypse Apartments Incorporated
The Black Heart Of The Sea

About this title

About the Author:

Colin M. Drysdale has worked as a marine biologist for almost twenty years. During this time, he has travelled extensively and spent much of his professional career on or near the sea. He spent six years working in and around the islands of the Abacos in the 1990s, and much of the geography of his debut novel, For Those In Peril On The Sea, was based on places he got to know during this time. He is also a keen sailor and has sailed in Scotland, the Bahamas, Florida, Newfoundland and Labrador. He now lives in Glasgow, where he runs a small business providing mapping advice to ecologists and marine biologists as well as writing zombie and post-apocalyptic fiction. He is also currently working on his second novel, a sequel to For Those In Peril On The Sea.

A dedicated fan of zombie and post-apocalyptic literature, and he regularly posts both short stories and articles on surviving in a post-apocalyptic world on his blog. Many of the short stories from his blog has been brough together in an anthology called Zombies Can't Swim And Other Tales Of The Undead, which is available in paperback and as a Kindle ebook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pictish Beast Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1909832006
• ISBN 13: 9781909832008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180