JACK WALLEN

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The Music Be The Food flash fiction event continues with round four. This time, the song is one of my all-time favorite American hymns, “The Road Home”, by Stephen Paulus. This particular take on the piece of music is performed by Conspirare and the lovely soloist, Melissa Givens. Give a […]

The Road to Home by Jack Wallen

June 13, 2017 in News tagged Conspirare / flash fiction / Music Be The Food / The Road Home / zombies by jlwallen

Yesterday a package came in the mail. Within said package was the vinyl edition of Kitty In A Casket’s “Kiss & Hell”. Sound familiar? It should. See the book photobombing the picture? If you enjoy some kick ass music, get yourself a copy of this outstanding album. Get your copy […]

How cool is this?

April 9, 2017 in blog tagged Kitty in a Casket / Last Casket / zombies by jlwallen

The idea was simple: Gather a group of some of the best writers in the apocalyptic genre, give them parameters for a story, and let them go. That’s how Middletown Apocalypse came into being. The first book was an experiment…me wanting to show the world how individual writer voices can […]

Middletown 2 is now available!

January 13, 2017 in blog tagged Middletown / Middletown 2 / zombies by jlwallen

NOTE: This post of mine was originally published on the glorious site of the uber-fantastic Jay Wilburn. by Jack Wallen It sounds a bit antithetical…keeping a genre about rotting flesh fresh. But after decades of zombie stomping around celluloid, paper, and ereaders, one might easily begin to wonder (or wander, […]

Keeping the Zombie Genre Fresh

November 10, 2016 in blog tagged winter of zombie / WinterZombie / zombies by jlwallen

#WinterZombie couldn’t resist plunging its nasty icicles into my own festering flesh. NOTE: This originally published on the amazing Wilburn’s website. Jay Wilburn, that is. Jay Wilburn: Your mother named you something. What was it?! Jack Wallen: Jack Wallen Jay: That sounds like a super spy’s name. Jack: That is […]

Spotlight on Jack Wallen

November 5, 2016 in blog tagged jack wallen / winter of zombie / WinterZombie / zombies by jlwallen

ee cummings has nothing on EE Isherwood…not when #WinterZombie wraps its cold, undead fingers around his heart. What I mean to say is…enjoy this spotlight on EE Isherwood. NOTE: This originally published on the amazing Wilburn’s website. Jay Wilburn, that is. Jay Wilburn: Identify yourself! EE Isherwood: I’m EE Isherwood […]

Spotlight On EE Isherwood

November 5, 2016 in News tagged EE Isherwood / winter of zombie / WinterZombie / zombies by jlwallen

What makes the apocalyptic genre so appealing to you? World enders are always fascinating to me … what happens, how survivors cope, and how crazy things get. There’s not just ONE monster in a zombie apocalypse – there are millions! It makes for a freaky ride that can take […]

Middletown 2 The Interview: Eric Shelman

September 19, 2016 in blog tagged Eric Shelman / Middletown / zombies by jlwallen

What makes the apocalyptic genre so appealing to you? I like that there are no defined boundaries in PA fiction. We get to flesh out our worlds and then destroy them in any manner we choose. I especially enjoyed being able to off many of our well known politicians as my […]

Middletown 2 The Interview: Shawn Chesser

August 29, 2016 in blog tagged Middletown Apocalypse / Shawn Chesser / zombies by jlwallen

What makes the apocalyptic genre so appealing to you? It’s an open world. There really is no end (no pun intended) to what one can create–good or bad–in a setting and genre as such. What about this project was uniquely challenging to you? I came in near the tail end […]

Middletown 2 The Interview: Peter Welmerink

August 8, 2016 in blog tagged Middletown 2 / Peter Welmerink / zombies by jlwallen

Trying to bargain with your muse isn’t always easy. Follow Email PostShare on Tumblr

Me And My Muse: Episode 2

July 23, 2016 in blog tagged Buy Zombie Buy / jack wallen / Me And My Muse / writing advice / zombies by jlwallen

Unless you’ve had your head stuck in the sand for the last month, you know that Summer of Zombie 2016 has been going on like well-oiled machine. If not…get your bad self over there now to find out what it’s all about. If you’ve been following Summer of Zombie 2016, […]

The case for Jay Wilburn

June 27, 2016 in blog tagged jay wilburn / summer of zombie / zombies by jlwallen

Gregg Zimmerman gets Jack’d Everyone . . . gather around the camp fire. The sun has threatened to go out and our only source of heat and light at this moment would be the roaring blaze before us. It is time for us to bend a Jack’d ear to Gregg […]

Gregg Zimmerman gets Jack’d

February 18, 2016 in blog tagged get jack'd / gregg zimmerman / zombies by jlwallen

Ladies and gentlment, I’m thinking of something blue! Blue. Yes…it’s the color of the moment. In fact, all that remains is blue…and don’t you forget it. And just what is it I’m thinking of that casts itself such in a lovely shade of blue? Why it’s the hair covering the […]

Jaime Johnesee Gets Jack’d

December 29, 2015 in blog tagged get jack'd / indie authors / Jaime Johnesee / writers / zombies by jlwallen

by Jay Wilburn Middletown Apocalypse is a zombie anthology. Wait. Where are you going? Come back. I have more stuff and things to say about more stuff and things, I promise. Sure, there are a few zombie anthologies out there. Some of them are good. We’ll let that statement stand […]

Celebrating the Good

October 30, 2015 in blog tagged jay wilburn / Middletown Apocalypse / zombies by jlwallen

It was February or March of last year. To me this seems like yesterday, although so much has happened since then. One of my good friends on my street team was helping me to get momentum going under my new book. Until this time I had not stepped out of […]

Mike Evans on Middletown Apocalypse

October 28, 2015 in blog tagged Middletown Apocalypse / mike evens / zombies / zpoc by jlwallen