Simon Bacon
@baconetti.bsky.social
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Author, film critic, and editor of all things Gothicky.
Aca-Zombie-Colleagues Just published, The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie! Probably best accessed through your library it is the most wide-ranging study of the zombie megatext currently available and contains some of the best zombie scholars out there.
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie: Bacon, Simon: 9783032056955: Amazon.com: Books
The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie [Bacon, Simon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
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Aca-Alien-Colleagues Abstract emergency for the Alien Franchise Companion on readings of Alien (or intersections with Predator) in relation to idigeniety, decolonialism, and folklore/folkhorror. If of interest drop me a line and/or a 300 word abstract to:
[email protected]
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Aca-Genre Fiction & Film-Colleagues Series Editor post. Atwood: A New Companion edited by Gina Wisker. No 18 in the Genre Fiction & Film Companion Series looks at Atwood & her ongoing cultural importance. If you have an idea for a Companion contact me at:
[email protected]
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Just been informed by Palgrave that Uncanny Doubles (aka Doppelgänger Gothic) has just been published (though confusingly you canât buy it until 10th Jan next year?!?), but well done everyone for your terrific work in this!
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Uncanny Doubles
This book presents an original and innovative study of how the intersection of the doppelgänger and the Gothic configures a way
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031832307
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100 Draculas on Screen has been released just in time for the holidays. Featuring interviews with the actors, directors, and writers, such as Guy Maddin, Dolly Wells, Rudolph Martin, and Patrick Bergin, that gave undead life to the immortal Count. Itâs Draculicious!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4WPSH3...
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Aca-Alien-Franchise-Colleagues I have gaps in an Aliens Franchise Companion the following: - Aliens comic books - Theological approaches - monsters/hybrids - crossovers (Predator/Blade Runner etc) - creative pieces inspired by the franchise Email me at:
[email protected]
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Aca-Urban-Horror- Colleagues I need a 300 word abstract asap on urban horror in futuristic city/urban spaces in East Asia. Could involve Alice in Borderland, Sweet Home, or even Tokyo Gore Police. Final essay of 5-6K needed end 2026. If interested email me:
[email protected]
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Aca-Comic-Colleagues A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter SzĂŠp for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books). Full details are in the photos below:
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Aca-Alien-Colleagues Iâm putting together a Companion on the Alien Franchise and have some gaps on abstracts about Alien Earth (all angles welcome), Romulus, and the crossover/influence with the Predator franchise. If of interest contact me at:
[email protected]
about 2 months ago
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The next book to be released in the Genre, Fiction and Film Companion series I run at Peter Lang. If you have an idea for one please do get in touch with me.
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Aca-Christmas-Horror-Colleagues Iâve an emergency for an essay on eco-horror and Christmas involving supernatural or magical creatures, pointing to a pagan/folk horror past. Canât involve ghosts but can be in any media. If interested drop me a message to:
[email protected]
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Iâve been involved in earlier iterations of these books and theyâre absolutely terrific. So if you want to help get the latest one on âSubversive Sci-fi: Evolutionâ out into the world (and on your book shelf) follow the link to their kickstarter page:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
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Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution
More Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ghostshowpress/subversive-sci-fi-evolution/
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Final 2 essays for The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie: The Zombie Megatext are now live online (90 in total): - âZombie Rhetoricâ by Kendall Phillips & Connor Knowlan. - âHaitian Originsâ by Sarah Juliet Lauro & Lucy Swanson. They can be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=2#toc
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie now at 88 (1/2) -Lovecraft & Herbert West by Tony Alcala -Doom by Dawn Stobbart -Phenomenology of the Undead by Patricia Saldarriaga & Emy Manini -Undead Pregnancy by Catherine Pugh & Melody Blackmore All here:
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=1#toc
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Now at 88 for The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie (2/2) đ -Italian Zombie Horrors by Matthew Jones -Hong Kongâs Cinema of the Undead by Paul Lewis and Peter True -The Ludo-Narrative Chronotope by Ruikang Wu And they can all be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=1#toc
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More essays online for the Palgrave Handbook of the ZombieâŚ.only 9 left to go! â âAn Apocalypse without Zombiesâ by Steffen Hantke â âThe Women Who Defy the Undeadâ by Mo Moshaty. And they can be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=1#toc
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Aca-WeimarCinena-Colleagues Just out, an absolutely terrific CFP by Dr Elisabetta Girelli on âMasculinities in Weimar Cinemaâ Full details in the link below:
www.academia.edu/143948408/WE...
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WEIMAR CFC
https://www.academia.edu/143948408/WEIMAR_CFC?source=swp_share
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Aca-Vampy/Gaming-Colleagues. Iâve got a collection on âSelling the Vampireâ and I need an abstract on the use of vampires in marketing games, or how vampires in games are used to promote/market vampires in other media If interested contact me at:
[email protected]
4 months ago
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Aca-Crime-Collegues Great conference led by Dr Charlotte Barnes which is a must for all you Crime folks out there: âAn Awkward Marriage: Considering the serial killerâs social standing in a changing British cultureâ For full details see link below.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...
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cfp | call for papers
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/12/call-for-papers-an-awkward-marriage-considering-the-serial-killer%E2%80%99s-social-standing
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3 more essays for the Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie. 79 down only 11 more to go: -Emerging Zombie Identities in Neoliberalism by Lexa Lechuga -Queer Futurity in Zombie Video Games by Elliot Mason -White Zombie by Matthew Banks Find them here:
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=1#toc
4 months ago
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I have a collection on âContagion: Cryptids, Panic and the Monsters of Anxietyâ and Iâm in need of a couple of extra 4,500 word essays by the end of November 2025. If interested contact me @:
[email protected]
The original CFP is attached below:
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Oohhh excitingâŚ.The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie (The Zombie Megatext) finally has a placeholder on AmazonâŚand a release date. The horde should be released in January next year! đđ§ââď¸đ§ââď¸đ§ââď¸đ§ââď¸
www.amazon.com/Palgrave-Han...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie [Bacon, Simon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
https://www.amazon.com/Palgrave-Handbook-Zombie-Simon-Bacon/dp/3032056950/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RXNO4XVMBJNL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VL8NiXw_086TcR20byLSKw.T7pJSf-w9RvLfRajq7XNTS40kUat1QgSLS5NjpwKA_4&dib_tag=se&keywords=Palgrave+handbook+of+the+zombie&qid=1756394776&s=books&sprefix=palgrave+handbook+of+the+zombie%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C177&sr=1-1
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Co-editor book-mail. Big shoutout to my partner in Lunar-gothic-crime Elana Gomel, and a huge welldone to all the contributors for their terrific essays. đ
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Aca-Disney-Colleagues Hugely exciting news of a CFP for a Disney Companion put together by the terrific Prof. Lorna Farnell and myself. So if you are fascinated/horrified by all things Disney see attached:
www.academia.edu/143102016/Di...
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Disney: A Companion, edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Simon Bacon
The editors invite abstracts for a forthcoming edited volume entitled Disney: A Companion, which will offer a comprehensive critical exploration of The Walt Disney Company's cultural, historical, ...
https://www.academia.edu/143102016/Disney_A_Companion_edited_by_Lorna_Piatti_Farnell_and_Simon_Bacon
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The Zombie Handbook reaches 76 essays (1 of 2): -The Eco-Zombies of Endzeit by Patricia Saldarriaga & Emy Manini -Zombies and the Holocaust by Elana Gomel - Pre-Code Zombie Comics by Daniel Yezbick And they can all be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=2#toc
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The Zombie Handbook reaches 76 essays (2 of 2): - Zombies and Militarization by Michael Doidge = Revenants in Ancient Greece and Rome by Debbie Felton - Japanese Zombies by Kasia Ancuta And they can all be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=2#toc
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Aca-AlienFranchise-Colleagues Itâs almost 50 yrs of the Alien franchise so time there was a Companion for it. Abstracts by end Sept on new directions in reading the franchise, characters, crossovers & its cultural impact are encouraged. Abstracts to me at:
[email protected]
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Zombie Handbook moving along, only 20 left to go (2 of 2): - Dead Space and Dead Space 2 by Paul A. Thomas - The Revenant in Europe by Stephen Gordon - Thai Ravenous Spirits by Choedphong Uttama - Occultsploitation by Katie Ellis These can be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=2#toc
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Zombie Habdbook is moving alongâŚonly 20 more to go (1 of 2): - The Inexorable March of the Roman Catholic Zombieâ by Matt Rogerson - Plan 9 from Outer Space by Simon Orpana - Revenants in Medieval Iceland by Rebecca Merkelbach And they can all be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=2#toc
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Aca-Horror-Colleagues Iâve a collection on Horror & Authenticity with 2 gaps that need abstracts (final essays end 2026): -Authenticity & True Crime in Horror films -Authenticity & AI as a theme or as a means of production in Horror film. Contact me @:
[email protected]
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Aca-Gothic-Colleagues Got a book for Routledge where I need 5,000 words by end Oct 2025 on the following: âThe Gothic and the female Black body in Ma (2019), Spell (2020), The Reading (2023) and/or other recent examples. If of interest contact me:
[email protected]
6 months ago
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Dr Cat Conway
6 months ago
My analysis of the intergenerational racism and trauma in
@gradyhendrix.bsky.social
âs THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUBâS GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES is available in TOXIC NOSTALGIA ON SCREEN: Undead Memory in the 21st Century, edited by
@baconetti.bsky.social
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Hot off the press the new Fairies: A Companion edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and myself. Full of terrific essays and much fairy (gothicky) goodness! đ
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Update No1 for the Handbook of the Zombie-now at 62! -Zombies and Cosmetic Surgery by Gwyneth Peaty -Romeroâs 2nd Zombie Trilogy by Daniel Yezbick -The Blind Dead by Katie Ellis -Playing the Zombie by Steph Farnsworth And they can all be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=1#toc
6 months ago
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Update No2 for the Handbook of the Zombie-now at 62! -Spanish Zombies by Irene Baena-Cuder -Zombie Westerns by Reece Goodall -Zombie Movies and Americaâs Wars by Peter Dendle And they can all be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=1#toc
6 months ago
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OoohhhâŚ.super exciting. We finally have a cover for âUncanny Doubles: Doppelgängers, Twins, CLones and the GothicââŚ.not too much longer before weâre on proofs and hopefully out before the end of the year! đ
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WooooootâŚthe vampires have landed! They look beautiful and packed to the brim with vampy goodness. đ
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Horror LexÂŽ
7 months ago
Release the bats, it's a vamp-filled week! "The Vampire: An Edinburgh Companion" is now out from
@edinburghup.bsky.social
w/chapters on film, literature & cultural traces of the fanged menace. Eds Nick Groom
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
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edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-vam...
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Vampires: putting the red in the ol' Red, White & Blue since 1776. "Vampires and The Making of the United States" is new from
#Routledge
w/essays on fangs across American film, books, and culture. Edited by (who else?!)
@baconetti.bsky.social
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www.routledge.com/Vampires-and...
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One of the perks of being a series editor is I get a copy of all the newly published booksâŚ.and this beauty by the terrific Kristoffer Woofter and Carl Sederholm just arrived! If youâve any interest in The Weird you should get this book!
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Feast your eyes on this beauty...the cover for the soon to be published Fairies: A Companion edited by the ever amazing Lorna Piatti-Farnell and myself.
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Terrific new edited collection by my good colleague Steffen Hantke: CFP: Fearful Performances: Stardom, Skill, and Style of Acting in the Horror Film More details in the attached images but email your proposal/abstract/questions to:
[email protected]
before 15 June 2025.
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New essays online for the Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie: â âZora Neale Hurston in Contextâ by Gina Wisker â âThe Mummy & the Vengeful Undeadâ by Michael Goodrum â âBooks of the Deadâ by Kevin Wetmore And you can find them here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=1#toc
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#PeterLangOxford
is now offering a Special 30% Discount on The Weird for the month of May! Please purchase through the website
www.peterlang.com/document/132...
and enter the code WEIRD30 at checkout.
#genre
#weird
#horror
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Aca-Vampy-Colleagues. Essay emergency for a collection on Vampires and Music for Lexington Books, deadlining this Summer. Because of Sinners I need a 5-6,000 word essay on Music/Vampires/Sinners by end of July 2025. If interested contact me at:
[email protected]
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Fantastic new collection on The Weird by Kristopher Woofter and Carl Sederholm. Part of the Genre, Fiction and Film Companion Series I run at Peter Lang, Oxford. If you have an idea for a possible Companion please drop me a line at:
[email protected]
www.peterlang.com/document/132...
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Peter Lang Verlag - The Weird
Weird works unsettle, decentering humanity on a cosmic scale and, at other times, breaking down the human barriers erected around race, class, gender, ...
https://www.peterlang.com/document/1321928
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Handbook of the Zombie now at 49: -Haunting & Cargo by J Gildersleeve & K Cantrell -Family & The Last of Us by C Long-Johnson -Zombie Fashion by T Cutler-Broyles & C. L. Rumson -Vetala & Betaal by A Hazra -Indigenous Kinscapes by D. O. J. Petersen Here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie
The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-031-24734-7?page=3#toc
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CFP: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland We're nearing the last few weeks for our Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion. Full CFP in the images and below, and abstract submission form here đhttps://forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2XpcR9 (due 15 May 2025)
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Paul A J Lewis
8 months ago
Excited to see my essay about
#JeanRollin
and the French
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film, submitted for the Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie, published online alongside some other excellent writing about zombies.
link.springer.com/referencewor...
Check it out!
#horror
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