Zombie Romance

*It used to be that critics knew more about genre literary subtexts than the hacks who created the work itself, but not any more:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/oct/30/romantic-fiction-zombie-love

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"Editor Lori Perkins came up with the idea at a conference in July, where "someone brought up the question of whether or not the zombie mythos could possibly have the staying power of the vampire appeal in American pop culture". She said yes; the audience pointed out that "you can't have...