Today, I am stoked to have Bryan Smith stop in for his Summer of Zombie Blog Tour appearance. I have to make an admission here...Bryan is probably one of the first writers that I read when I started seeking more zombie lit after reading Wellington and Keene. I am actually a little starstruck having him on as a guest.
So, I am out of the way...make room for who you really came to see.
Describe
your first zombie “experience”?
Seeing
the original Dawn of the Dead at a midnight show.
Favorite
Dawn of the Dead (original) moment? Remake?
Original:
Either the helicopter blade taking off the top of that zombie’s head or
the scene where another zombie takes a machete to the head. Remake:
probably the entire opening sequence up through the Johnny Cash singing
“When The Man Comes Around” over the opening credits.
What
is the last zombie book you read?
I
can’t recall for certain, but it may have been Brian Keene’s Dead Sea, which is
very good.
What
makes your story stand out from the masses?
My novel The Late Night Horror Show, released by Samhain Publishing in
March, involves three parallel plotlines set in alternate realities where movie
worlds are real. One of the plotlines is
set in the immediate aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. The other plotlines involve vampires and
backwoods maniacs.
What
will you tackle next? (If you are writing a series, what will you write after
the series is over?)
I’m currently
writing a crime novel called 68 Kill.
After that, I will probably write Grimm Temptation, a sequel to Grimm
Awakening.
Worst
reaction you have received about your writing?
Probably after my first novel came out, but I long ago learned not to
concern myself with any of that stuff.
And
on the flip side, what is the best…the one that almost embarrassed you it was
so effusive?
I don’t know that any
reaction has embarrassed me, but I was pleased to have my novels The Killing
Kind and Depraved wind up on Brian Keene’s Top 10 Books of the Year for their
respective release years. Up there with
that was when Ronald Kelly called Depraved one of his favourite horror novels
of all time.
If any of your
work was to be made into a film, which piece, and who is THE big star you would
love to see in the leading role?
The Killing
Kind. Maybe Megan Fox or Amber Heard if
she dyed her hair black.
What is the
scariest movie you have ever seen?
I don’t
know. I’ve been a horror fan for so long
that movies don’t scare me much, though I do think Kubrick’s The Shining has
some of the most genuinely eerie moments ever captured on film.
What is
something about you that would surprise your fans?
I honestly have no idea.
What is in your
“to be read” pile right now?
Double
Feature by Owen King, Point and Shoot by Duane Swiercynski, Joyland by Stephen
King, Hell’s Angels by Hunter S. Thompson.
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