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“The Hunter” At Swedish Zombie
My own special “Robert Swartwood” theme at Swedish Zombie concludes today with the publication of an original short story called “The Hunter.” As I noted before, the story takes place in the world of The Dishonored Dead and is, in many ways, a “prequel of sorts” to the novel. It delves more into Philip’s backstory [...]
Giving The Word “Zombie” A New Meaning
Today is the first post from Swedish Zombie where they review The Dishonored Dead, saying it “gives the word ‘zombie’ a new meaning.” In the next several days there will be more reviews of my work, plus an interview, plus an original zombie short story translated into Swedish (as a sneak peek, this story delves back [...]
The Dishonored Dead Is Zombie Friendly
The Zombie Rights Campaign has given The Dishonored Dead a very lengthy and in-depth review. I’m happy to say they “heartily recommend it and award it a Zombie Friendly rating.” But first, you’re probably wondering what exactly the Zombie Rights Campaign is. Well, it’s just like it sounds: Since our founding, the ZRC has been a tireless [...]
Joe McKinney On The Dishonored Dead
The talented and generous Joe McKinney had these very kind words to say about The Dishonored Dead: “The Dishonored Dead is simply brilliant, and its telling a superb achievement. Robert Swartwood has given us a wonderful twist, not only on the zombie novel, but on the dystopian tale as well. It’s like Brave New World meets Logan’s Run, but with a [...]
New Look, Same Great Taste
I had mentioned last week how Aaron Polson is one of those authors coming up with some pretty impressive covers for his own books. Well, he just recently started offering his services for cover art and Kindle formatting. The other day I asked him what he could come up with to give Through the Guts [...]
A “Multiplicity” Contest
The Best of Every Day Fiction Three is now available, which features my story “Multiplicity” along with 99 other fine stories published last year at Every Day Fiction, including stories by K.C. Ball, Gay Degani, Ben Loory, Aaron Polson, and many more. Many thanks to Camille Gooderham Campbell and Steven Smethurst and Carol Clark for [...]
The Silver Ring Is A Kindle Freebie
First, let’s get the important stuff out of the way. My 18,000-word novella The Silver Ring is currently available as a free download at Amazon (US and UK). Normally 99 cents, now it is free. What’s even better is that it includes, along with an excerpt from The Calling, a special sneak preview of my [...]