Weiland blends fictional & actual historical characters with vivid descriptions of people & landscapes: http://tiny.cc/BeholdTheDawn

J.L. Bourne has finally written the follow-up to Day By Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile

Mari Miniatt has written a refreshing vampire tale that has raised the standard: Fledgling

My book review of Cursed, "bizarro fiction" by Jeremy C Shipp:

https://thiszine.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/book-review-cursed-by-jeremy-c-shipp/

My book review of the long-awaited Official Zombie Handbook by author Sean Page:

http://thiszine.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/review-the-official-zombie-survival-handbook-by-sean-page/

I have become a huge fan of zombie author TW Brown:

http://thiszine.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/zomblog-book-review/

The new issue is available at http://www.thiszine.org/ which includes my review of a new historical fiction book set in the South Dakota Badlands in 1917.

You have to scroll down a little, but I'm there:

http://thiszine.wordpress.com/this-is/

This book was recommended for ages 9-12, but I really enjoyed reading it too:

http://thiszine.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/book-review-here-there-be-monsters/

I am now a regular reviewer for THIS webzine, and have recently written about Valley of the Dead by Kim Paffenroth:

http://thiszine.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/valley-of-the-dead-paffenroth/

Recently, my son and I spent the day with the book's author at John Ball Zoo, and it was great to finally meet Paffenroth in person after reading so much of his work.

Later,

Ursula

THIS, a webzine, wanted more sci-fi book reviews, so I present my Death & Dishonour review:

http://thiszine.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/

Rockford, Michigan, is having its annual carnival & related festivities this weekend. For a schedule of events, check out http://www.therockfordnetwork.com/start-of-summer.php

Lots of kiddie rides (as well as some adrenaline rides for the bigger kids), and no child will go away from the game booths empty-handed: prizes are guaranteed!

Later,

Ursula

Wrote another zombie review for the first in a new series by author TW Brown: http://tiny.cc/DeadUglyBeginning

I wrote an article about the novels and my literary experiences with author Kim Paffenroth. Here is the link:

http://tiny.cc/DyingToLiveSeries

I was contacted by British author Sean Page a few weeks ago, for my opinion on his upcoming book. While I haven't written the official book review yet, I couldn't wait to tell the zombie community about this find:

http://tiny.cc/UKzombieSurvival

Enjoy,

Ursula

Anyone who knows me, knows my love of the zombie genre. However, it's not often that children are mentioned...and even if they are, the children are usually school-age and able to take care of themselves to some degree. It's as if it's taboo to think of what would happen to toddlers and babies in a zombie apocalypse.

Not me! I thought it was about time to write about surviving a zombie apocalypse from a parent's point-of-view:

http://www.zombiephiles.com/zombie-survival-guide/zombie-survival-stay-home-mom

Later,

Ursula