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The Birth of Modern Zombies Long before zombies ruled television, streaming platforms, and blockbuster films, a small group of independent filmmakers in Pittsburgh unknowingly created a cultural revolution. At the center of that revolution was John A. Russo. In How I Gave Birth to The Return of the Living Dead, Russo tells the extraordinary true story of how a simple horror idea, dead people returning to devour the living, became one of the most influential concepts in movie history. From the groundbreaking creation of Night of the Living Dead to the long and unpredictable journey that led ...

From John A. Russo, co-author of Night of the Living Dead™: "By now almost everyone knows that the concept of the modern flesh-eating zombie originated in the sixties with Night of the Living Dead™. That's why I think that this anthology of short stories paying homage to that fact is a wonderful idea. When I was asked to write such a story, I was told that each and every story in the book would have to take place in or around the time, in 1968, when the horror classic that I co-authored took place… Perhaps, for you, dear reader, some of the stories you will read in these pages will ...

A decade after the first zombie outbreak, a bus crashes in a small American town, killing everyone on board. Local churchgoers rush to the scene to save the living and destroy the dead. But they're too late. A terrifying new plague of living dead has been unleashed. A new horde of victims has been infected. And this time, they are ravenous.

While visiting their father’s grave, Barbara and Johnny see a man slowly approaching them. Grotesque and ghost-pale, the man kills Johnny. Barbara manages to flee to a nearby farmhouse, where others have gathered to escape the outbreak. This ragtag group hope to fend off the horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls. Will any of them make it out alive?

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Featuring the original cast of the cult classic You Won't Believe... An abandoned hilltop farmhouse. Seven desperate people -- and a surrounding darkness ripped by bloodcurdling cries of anguish...a state of emergency has been declared: the unimaginable is happening in...

By understanding the psychological forces that drive The Walking Dead's action, fans can better grasp Robert Kirkman's compelling fictional universe. Which characters suffer PTSD, which show the most hope for recovery, and which instead show post-traumatic growth? Has Rick Grimes lost his mind? In 19 chapters from a range of esteemed contributors, The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead answers these and many other questions.

This audio presentation of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction is a super-duper triple issue, comprising ten key selections (most of the contents, actually) of FSF's September issue and the forthcoming double October/November issue.

What if the smartest way to build wealth isn’t about earning more but starting earlier? In How to Get Rich If You’re a Baby!, legendary filmmaker and author John A. Russo, co-creator of Night of the Living Dead, shares the hard financial lessons he learned over a lifetime in the arts, where success, exploitation, windfalls, and ruin often arrive side by side. Through candid stories of Hollywood deals gone wrong, trusted advisors who betrayed him, and fortunes that slipped away just when security seemed assured, Russo confronts a truth many discover too late: talent and success do not ...

It starts with infected needles. It spreads like a plague. Soon the town of Chapel Grove, Pennsylvania, is overrun with cannibalistic corpses. Some are taken down with a bullet to the brain. Others, torched like kindling. But a few have survived - inside a maternity ward. Detective Bill Curtis manages to rescue his pregnant wife, Lauren, from the ward in the nick of time. But the other pregnant women are not so lucky. Some of them have been bitten - and infected. Now it's anyone's guess what's growing inside them.

“One zombie. One mission. One bite at Capitol Hill.” Uncle John Goes to Washington By John A. Russo They tried to bury him. Now he’s back—and running for Congress. In a world teetering on the brink of political absurdity and social unrest, one unexpected candidate shuffles into the spotlight: Uncle John—a resurrected zombie with a heart of gold, a brain that still works (mostly), and a mission to make democracy undead again. When Uncle John regains his ability to speak, he doesn’t just rejoin society—he shakes it to its core. From viral town hall videos to a Capitol Hill ...

Cynthia and her brothers had heard the stories about grandpa, who could summon demons and compel people to die with a curse. Maybe, they also possessed the ancient powers. At first, they caught smallish demons who had assumed the shapes of rabbits and birds and then, larger ones like those who resembled the neighbor kids.

WINNER OF 'THIS IS HORROR' AWARDS HORROR ANTHOLOGY The zombie apocalypse can really put a downer on your holiday… 38 holiday-themed zombie stories from new and established authors including Night of the Living Dead co-writer, John Russo, Pontypool writer, Tony Burgess, Joe Hunter author, Matt Hilton, Shaun Jeffrey, Rod Glenn, Iain McKinnon, David Dunwoody, Wayne Simmons, Bowie V Ibarra, Joe McKinney, Remy Porter, A P Fuchs, Thomas Emson and Eric S Brown. Over 500 pages crammed full of flesh-eating horror and dark humour from the cream of UK, US and Canadian talent. Theme parks, serial ...

This Christmas, he’s making a list… and slaying everyone on it. From John A. Russo, co-writer of Night of the Living Dead, comes a chilling holiday horror novel that will haunt your nightmares. Albert Kinney isn’t your typical holiday enthusiast. He doesn’t deck the halls—he drenches them in blood. A cold, calculating serial killer, Albert has turned murder into an art, recording his gruesome crimes for a hidden audience on the Dark Web. This Christmas, he’s hunting fresh victims… and leaving a trail of horror across the snowy streets. When Marie Connor, a woman escaping an ...

Seven bodies have washed ashore in Florida, and one of the drowned is Chango, the voodoo sorcerer whose leather pouch holds a child's severed finger. The sorcerer and his six followers have been buried in a mass grave. And prayers have been spoken to exorcise their unholy powers. But Chango's spirit still prowls the moonlit beaches, taking victim after victim...leaving them cannibalized and dismembered.

“The Dead Don’t Rest Here—And Neither Will You.” Step into the haunted shadows of the House of the Undead, where history, horror, and the paranormal collide in a spine-chilling tale of suspense. When a notorious Victorian mansion, once the filming site for the cult horror classic Night of the Living Dead (1990), is transformed into a bed-and-breakfast, it promises a thrilling getaway for fans of the macabre. But as guests gather to celebrate its grand opening—led by legendary filmmaker John A. Russo—their dream weekend spirals into a nightmare. With a trail of mysterious ...

Dealey Plaza is one of the most notorious places in America, and when youthful conspiracy buffs go there in 1964 to stage their own reenactment of the Kennedy Assassination, four of them are brutally murdered - the first victims of a hate-filled legacy that continues for four more decades. The survivors of that long-ago Dallas trip, each of them now icons of the American way of life, are about to be honored - or killed.

One murder was self-defense. Now, survival demands so much more. In a world simmering with tension and buried secrets, The Hate Crime plunges readers into a deadly quest for justice, revenge, and survival. When renowned author and filmmaker David’s Cristi’s old friend Roland resurfaces, it’s not just for a friendly chat—he’s on a mission to find his estranged granddaughter, Katherine. Raised under Roland’s fierce protection, Katherine has fled a life of terror after killing her neo-Nazi husband, a violent extremist bent on mass destruction. Now, with her daughter in tow, she’s...

A TOWN ON THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN. A WOMAN ON THE BRINK OF SANITY. A DARKNESS THAT WILL NOT BE CONTAINED. On a quiet Halloween night in 1957, Jimmy Ray Barton and his pregnant wife, Sharon Rose, encounter something beyond their comprehension—a glowing green cloud that drags their truck off the road and sets off a horrifying chain of events. By morning, Jimmy Ray is dead, Sharon’s memories are shattered, and her sanity hangs by a thread. Was it an accident, a crime of passion, or the work of something otherworldly? But Sharon isn’t the only one in Clairton, Pennsylvania, struggling ...

The evil soul of a witch doctor lives on in the body of Simon, the great jungle beast who leads his human followers - the Panther People - in their orgies of lust and blood. Now the innocent Martin family, George, Peg, and their beautiful daughter, Jenny, on vacation, will stumble upon this gruesome cult, trapped in a desert nightmare of terror and death - waiting. In the quiet wasteland, the sound of their own pulses will be all they can hear.

The mind is a powerful weapon… But what happens when it falls into the wrong hands? Fairchild Academy is the most prestigious school in Manhattan, known for producing some of the brightest and most promising students. But beneath its shining exterior lies a sinister secret. Felicia Patterson, a top student, begins to experience terrifying "spells" that make her feel like a puppet, losing control of her thoughts, actions, and desires. Unbeknownst to her, a dark force is at play, manipulating the minds of the students, turning them into unwilling pawns in a horrifying experiment. Felicia is...