The
Top Eight Greatest Fictional Zombie Characters
I love zombie stories. I recently finished writing a
reverse harem zombie apocalypse romance novel where all the main characters
battle zombies.
In some stories though, the zombies aren’t just
mindless monsters, they are deep and interesting characters. Here are the top
eight greatest zombie characters of all time (written in no particular order):
1.
Liv Moore from “iZombie”
A zombie who helps fight crimes by eating brains. It’s
always entertaining finding out what weird personality quirks she is going to
develop each episode as she takes on another dead human’s personality traits.
It often leads to disastrous or hilarious results.
2.
Frankenstein’s Monster from “Frankenstein”
Yes, I am aware that Frankenstein is the scientist
and not the monster. Thank you very much.
Mary Shelley was writing about zombies before there
was a word for them. She invented the science fiction genre. Reading about the
monster’s journey as he tries to find his place in the world is one of the
saddest and deepest things I’ve ever read.
3.
R from “Warm Bodies”
I will probably never write a romance novel where a
zombie is one of the main characters because zombies don’t usually make me
swoon. R is the exception. He’s sweet, lovable, funny, and endearing. I read
“Warm Bodies” in a day. Reading a book from his perspective was refreshing and
wonderful.
5.
Sheila Hammond from “Santa Clarita Diet”
She kind of scares me, but that’s what makes her
interesting.
6.
Angel Crawford from “Even White Trash Zombies Get The Blues”
Angel had a bad life and has been through a lot.
Becoming a zombie changes
everything for her.
She’s a really well developed and interesting
character that you can’t help but root for. You want her to triumph over all
her struggles.
7.
Ghoulia Yelps from “Monster High”
Yep. I’ve enjoyed watching some Monster High stuff
and even have collected some of the dolls.
I think it’s interesting that they took a zombie who
speaks in only moans and made her into the nerdy, smart character. It’s all
about how appearances can be deceiving.
8.
Zombie Hulk from “Ultimate Fantastic Four”
If you haven’t read these comic books, you need to.
Reed Richards accidentally stumbles upon an alternate universe where all the
superheroes have been turned into zombies. If you think normal Hulk is
terrifying, imagine Zombie Hulk. He
has the strength and rage of normal hulk, but with an incurable craving for
human flesh.
What
other characters do you think should be on this list?
Love And The Undead
E.B. Black
Genre: SciFiRom/PNR Reverse Harem
Publisher: E.B. Black
Date of Publication: January 31, 2020
ASIN: B07XWNS16T
Cover Artist: Swoon Worthy Book Covers
Tagline: Sometimes it takes the end of the world to find true love.
Book Description:
Max doesn't believe in hope or true love.
She's divorced. She lost her daughter and mother in the zombie apocalypse. She's losing her grandmother slowly to alzheimers. She's seen more dead and undead bodies than she ever thought possible.
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Excerpt:
“Let me see.”
Derrick had gathered some supplies from Jed, who still carried my backpack.
There were unused rags leftover from Nick’s gunshot wound and a sewing kit in
his hands. The doctor had gotten down on one knee, set his supplies aside, and
was staring at my injured hand.
His jaw and
fists were clenched. I could see on his face that he was holding a part of himself
back as he drew near me.
I rolled my
eyes. “I’m fine. I’m sure you have more important things to do. My wounds
aren’t deep.”
The muscles in
his forearm tightened at my words. His voice sounded strained. “That’s for me
to decide.” He grabbed my hand and turned it over impatiently before dropping
it. “Flex your fingers.”
I did so easily.
He nodded his
head. “Good. The cuts don’t appear to be deep enough to have done damage to
your nerves. I don’t think you need stitches.”
I raised one
eyebrow. “Told you I’m fine.”
“But that
doesn’t mean you don’t need my help.” His dark gaze met mine as his voice grew
hoarse. I could hear whatever he was holding back coming through. “You’re
making a big mess with all this blood. Have I told you how much I hate messes?”
“You didn’t have
to, I could tell.”
My words were
nonchalant, but my heart was pounding loudly in my ears as he licked his lips.
He looked ready to either throw me off the edge of this barn for offending him
with my uncleanliness or like he was the real zombie here and ready to eat
me...
“We need to
clean you before I bandage you up.” He lifted one of my hands towards his face.
“It stopped raining and we don’t have any water to spare, so I’ve been left
with no choice. It’s not the most sanitary option, but...”
He parted his
full, sexy lips and popped one of my fingers into his wet mouth. I wanted to
protest, but I was paralyzed. He sucked the blood off like some kind of
ravenous vampire. I gasped in surprise, feeling weak in the knees. His mouth
was so soft, warm, gentle, and slow. He sucked on each of my fingers in turn
until I shut my eyes, ready to give myself over to him.
He moaned as he
continued to suck and I couldn’t help imagining that mouth exploring other
places. We would-
“Stop!”
The moment was
interrupted as Nick grabbed him by the shoulder and yanked him up and off of
me. Nick punched him in the stomach. Derrick grunted and hunched over, almost
collapsing to his knees again.
“I told you to
keep your hands off of her,” Nick growled the words. “If you touch her again,
I’ll hurtle you off this roof and let the zombies take care of you for me.”
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3 comments:
Sounds great! Really nice work.
OmG, i so love Zombies, this looks awesome, great post as well. im super excited to read this.
I would love to read. This sounds good!
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