I remember the first time I discovered David Wellington. When my obsession with zombie novels reached it’s peak back in (I believe) 2004. I scoured the internet looking for any and all underground novels I could acquire, when i found myself on Wellington’s blog, where he was releasing his second zombie novel, Zombie Nation a few chapters a week. Being skeptical from reading HORRIBLE fan fiction to quench my appetite, I started reading the first few chapters.. and got immediately hooked! I quickly stopped and started to read the first novel, Zombie Island from the beginning. Suddendly, my 90 minute train commute from San Jose to San Francisco was a little less painful. I’d sit at my desk during the week, and cut and paste each chapter from his blog posts and print them out. For months I ripped through the stories until I was caught up, and from then on, I consumed anything on the blog, and later bought any story he published.
Even thought I loved the zombie trilogy and his other works, my favorite immediately became the vampire novels (also known as The Claxton books). Deliciously simple premise. A cop teams up with a grizzled hunter to try and wipe out the vampire menace. Although it took me awhile to warm up to 13 Bullets and 99 Coffins, I was hooked after the first chapters. I’m in the same space right now with the third book, Vampire Zero. And with one more to go after this, I’m enjoying the ride of gruesome vampire hunting and killing.
Next!?! the Werewolf novels!
About David Wellington
David Wellington is the author of seven novels. His zombie novels “Monster Island”, “Monster Nation” and “Monster Planet”(Thunder’s Mouth Press) form a complete trilogy. He has also written a series of vampire novels including (so far) “Thirteen Bullets”, “Ninety-Nine Coffins”, “Vampire Zero” and “Twenty-Three Hours”, and in October of 2009 began his new Werewolf series, starting with “Frostbite” (all with Three Rivers Press). In 2004 he began serializing his horror fiction online, posting short chapters of a novel three times a week on a friend’s blog. Response to the project was so great that in 2004 Thunder’s Mouth Press approached Mr. Wellington about publishing “Monster Island” as a print book. His novels have been featured in Rue Morgue, Fangoria, and the New York Times.
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