The Face of the Lion

John Blackburn’s 1976 zombie novel, The Face of the Lion, doesn’t actually have the word zombies in it. But that’s what it is — a bridge between Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and later works such as Simon Clark’s masterful Blood Crazy. This new edition contains an introduction by UNC associate professor of physics Greg Gbur, who discusses this at length (and gives me a special little shout-out, as well).

You’ll remember my essay called “Roots”, about books all horror readers and aspiring horror writers should know. This is one of those books. If you haven’t read it, you should. Click here to buy the paperback.