Word came this week that writer Brooks Peck, half of the screenwriting team (with Craig Engler) that produced last year's most excellent Zombie Apocalypse - the same team that wrote the SyFy original film Rage of the Yeti with the always-fun Yancy Butler - has released a novelette that sounds like a story right up The Asylum's alley: Zombies on a Plane. Check out the press release below.
"From the writer of Syfy's No. 1 film of
2011: Zombie Apocalypse
Comes the next great undead adventure: ZOMBIES
ON A PLANE
Despite every precaution, despite all the rules and
safeguards, a zombie infestation breaks out on board flight 1219. It spreads,
row by row, victim by victim, relentlessly converting passengers. The few
remaining survivors are trapped 38,000 feet in the air with an army of the
undead.
What readers are saying:
'…a gruesome and anxiety-filled read that tightly
recounts an insane struggle against the undead in the confines of an airplane.
I'm still pondering what I would do in this situation.'
'This was a fantastic read! Hooks you from the start….'
'I came for the zombies on a plane, sure. But I stayed
for the well-observed details that make for an all-too-believable glimpse of
how it will be when the Infection comes, spiked with the type of authentic
funny that seeps through only when everything goes utterly to hell.'
'3oz of shampoo will not be enough to save you.'
ZOMBIES ON A PLANE is an original novelette, available on
Kindle and Nook. Read an excerpt online:
About the Author:
Brooks Peck is a museum curator who specializes in film
and popular culture. He wrote two feature films that aired on the Syfy Channel:
RAGE OF THE YETI and ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, which garnered the highest rating for a
Syfy original film in 2011."
Zombie Apocalypse was pure perfection, and I also saw Rage of the Yeti a few weeks later, and that there was another dunk in the awesome sauce. So stands to reason, then, that this novelette's probably a pretty righteous read. Hit up the links above and support your local screenwriter.
