Forward, Shamble! [Paperback]

Joshua Calkins-Treworgy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2008

Bob the Zombie, survivor of the destruction in the Motor City, Detroit. A sentient, reasoning member of the undead. He has returned! In Bob's second journal, the flesh-eating menace tells the reader about the turbulent times he spent on the road after escaping Detroit with his small pack of fellow shamblers. From small skirmishes with barricaded police stations to full blown defenses against humans invading the horde's hiding places, Bob's second telling will chill and thrill even more than the first. Picking up allies, a small number of whom can think and communicate like he can, Bob and company deal with everything from these battles to a visit to an amusement park, during which some less-than-amusing events take place. Joshua T. Calkins-Treworgy returns the undead narrator to glory in this second installment in the Bob the Zombie tales. He lives in the township of Eden, New York, with his wife Audrey and their daughters, Cassandra and Celina. He is 26 years old.

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About the Author

Joshua T. Calkins-Treworgy is the author of the Tamalarian Tales novels offered by Booksforabuck.com, and also has published several novels through lulu.com. Primarily a fantasy and horror writer, he has enjoyed the art of storytelling for many years. A graduate of Lake Shore Central High School in 2001, Calkins-Treworgy is 26 years old. He lives in the township of Eden, New York, with his wife Audrey and their two daughters, Cassandra and Celina.

Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440417989
• ISBN-13: 978-1440417986
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,590,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Charming take on the zombie myth, January 12, 2009

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This review is from: Forward, Shamble! (Paperback)

Bob the Zombie managed to escape Detroit (in Motor City Shambler), but now he and his fellow zombies are starving in Flint, Michigan. Inside a former community center, the human residents put up a fearsome resistance and the Zombies--generally a slow-thinking lot--seem doomed to starve rather than enjoy that nice human flesh. Fortunately for them, Bob is one of the rare thinking zombies. He comes up with a plan to use hammers and a chainsaw to gain entrance.

For the zombies, any success is temporary. They need to eat living or recently dead humans to keep their semi-alive bodies from collapsing. Success in Flint is merely one step in a journey after more food, more human bodies. Meanwhile government scientists are kidnapping zombies. Soon, we fear, the humans will find a counter to the undead shamblers--but Bob intends to save as many of his fellow zombies for as long as he can.

Author Joshua Calkins-Treworgy has fun taking the standard zombie character (slow-moving, mindless, flesh-eating) and using this as the basis for a story. We don't see Bob breaking down into the arms-out shamble the way we did in MOTOR CITY SHAMBLER, but he's very much in zombie mode--albeit with a bit more intelligence than the standard zombie.

If you're looking for a story with an unusual protagonist, a fun story line, and that whole flesh-eating thing, you'll definitely want to grab a copy of FORWARD, SHAMBLE!