Nights of the Living Dead

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

I think I‘m just gonna finish this out with zombies so please bear with me. This anthology had one rule and it was that all the stories had to be set around the same time as The Night of the Living Dead Movie. This story is about Harvey Lipschitz who changed his name to Harvey Lincoln due to the antisemitism he felt. His father who keeps calling him because his wife Rifka is sick and he can‘t get through to 911, can‘t help but think Harvey is 👇🏼

Reggie ashamed of their heritage. It all comes to a head when Harvey shows up to help his parents. It‘s too late as his mother had just died. From covering all the murders happening everywhere, Harvey tells his father that they need to burn the body despite knowing it goes against their Jewish faith. The father erupts out of his grief and disowns Harvey all the while not noticing his wife coming up behind him. She bites his neck and Harvey cremates 👇🏼 1y

Reggie both his father and mother. And as he leaves their house he is also killed by his own cameraman. 1y

kspenmoll I remember seeing The Night of the Living Dead movie- I am incredibly susceptible to visual art such as film, movie, etc. Have nightmares that feel real etc. So I avoid horror, even thrillers, but I love reading your posts. 1y

Reggie @kspenmoll lol, one of the only horror books I‘ve ever DNFed was Helter Skelter, about the Manson Murders. I kept having dreams he was trying to kill me and my brother. They just felt all to real. 1y

Suet624 @kspenmoll same here. 1y

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Reggie

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

One of my favorite zombie short stories, You Can Stay All Day by Mira Grant aka Seanan McGuire, which I read in the tagged book, is available on the Pseudopod podcast to listen to for free! Halloween is 3 months away. This would be a great mini warmup. Need a short zombie distraction from COVID-19? It‘s right here. You Can Stay All Day https://pseudopod.org/

MaleficentBookDragon Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to listen now.👩‍🎤🎧 4y

Reggie @MaleficentBookDragon Hope you like it! 4y

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MidnightBookGirl

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

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A great collection of zombie stories set during the same time as Romero's movie Night of the Living Dead. Short story collections can be uneven, but I enjoyed all of these!

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MidnightBookGirl

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

Still trying to cope with a Virus Pandemic vs. the Zombie Apocalypse I was expecting, so this book is on deck! #audiobooks #TBR

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Reggie

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

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First book of October down. I‘ve always loved zombies. I remember watching the original at my grandmothers house when I was a kid and not being able to sleep. This anthology is all based in the original movie universe. Some stories were soooo YOLO and full of testosterone I could only smile and laugh. And then the end stories were given weight by Mira Grant, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Chuck Wendig, and Neal and Brendan Shusterman. Pick!!!

AmyG The original is scary AF. I love the old horror movies. 5y

Reggie @AmyG my grandmother had a leaky faucet but it was soooo slow. As I was lying awake on the living room floor, I imagined each drop was a tap at the window from one of the dead outside the window. 😱 5y

AmyG 😬 😬😬 5y

Centique Unrelated except your story reminded me - when I was 10 my twenty ish sister had me, my little brother and two younger friends sleeping in the lounge at her flat and she played us Death Wish 2 and Poltergeist. 😱😱😱 I must visit her and slap her about the cheeks for that memory! 😂😂 5y

Reggie @Centique yowzas!!! Lol Death Wish 2, my grandpa loved Charles Bronson. And I personally love Poltergeist. There was probably no sleeping that night for ya‘ll. Lol 5y

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Reggie

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

Taken from the first story “Dead Man‘s Curve” by Joe Lansdale.

Cathythoughts Great sound effects here 👍🏻 5y

Reggie @Cathythoughts Right? It definitely caught my attention. 5y

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JenlovesJT47

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

Thank you for all of the goodies in my #shortstoryswap package @WeeziesBooks ! The stickers are adorable, the candy will definitely be put to good use, and I can‘t wait to read these books! Thank you muchly! 🤗💚🍭🍫📚🤓

And thank you @CSeydel for hosting this swap! 🤗

CSeydel I love the title “The Charm of the Defeated,” that is so very southern! Nice picks 💗 6y

jillannjohn The tagged book sounds like fun! 💚 6y

Zelma I found that caramel m&ms are really good refrigerated. 😋 6y

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JoeStalksBeck

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero

Ummmm , tigers do not purr. Just sayin 🤷‍♀️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Ummm... I think they do, I‘m pretty sure you can google it and watch them. 😉 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Well I just googled, apparently they can not really purr, but they do something that sounds an awful lot like it, but it‘s not considered a true purr. 🤷‍♀️ 6y

JoeStalksBeck @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I remember when we took Emma to the zoo that the trainer for the cheetah we seen said that the cheetah is the only big Cat that purrs 💕 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JoeStalksBeck That‘s what I read, but the videos of them pseudo purring are still darn cute. 😂 6y

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JoeStalksBeck

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero