Tonight’s the night when the mega-popular television series The Walking Dead makes its season-six debut on AMC. And as long as we’re talking zombies, are you aware that I once wrote my own take on the zombie apocalypse, in the form of a short story?
“Laundry Day” is the tale of a not-so-loveable guy named Josh Kosinki who, late one night, decides to take his growing pile of dirty clothes over to the local Laundromat—only to become an eyewitness to the start of a zombie uprising. It first appeared in 2007, in the Padwolf Books anthology The Dead Walk Again!, then was reprinted in Books of the Dead Press’s 2010 anthology, Best New Zombie Tales, Vol. 2. It garnered quite a bit of praise from reviewers:
“Laced with a brutal humor and some seriously gory violence, this one is a slaughter-fest crowd pleaser for sure. Action from the get-go, with a surprising twist ending that I really didn’t see coming.”—Paperback Horror
“‘Laundry Day’ puts a nice twist on the ‘folks are the worst of all monsters’ trope.”—Necroscope: The Australian Zombie Review Blog
“I friggin’ love that story!”—James Roy Daley, author of Terror Town and 13 Drops of Blood
Best New Zombie Tales, Vol. 2 is still on sale, so follow the link to its page at Amazon. Along with “Laundry Day,” you’ll find stories by such notable horror writers as Mort Castle, Tim Waggoner, Nate Kenyon, and Cody Goodfellow. Order a copy today!
And speaking of The Walking Dead, the final stop on the SWC 2015 convention tour just happens to be at the WD-themed Walker Stalker Con, being held December 4–6 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey; visit their site for more information. Hope to see you there!
