"There are zombies, sure, but this is not a zombie novel," writes Eric Obenauf, publisher of Two Dollar Radio, in his introduction to this issue of Recommended Reading. "I first read the manuscript for A Questionable Shape on my laptop on the front porch. It was evening. The night grew darker, cooler. I remember sneaking inside to snag a sweatshirt. I remember the glow from the computer screen blacking out the surrounding night so that I was locked into this world that he had crafted."
In this excerpt from Bennett Sims debut novel, we enter a world that's managed to overcome a zombie crisis, and the few remaining zombies are looking to come home.
About Recommended Reading:
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Author's Bio
Bennett Sims’s fiction has appeared in A Public Space, Tin House, and Zoetrope: All-Story. His first novel, A Questionable Shape, is forthcoming in May 2013 from Two Dollar Radio. He lives in Iowa City, IA.
Read "White Dialogues" by Bennett Sims in Recommended Reading 8.1 here.
About the Guest Editor:
Two Dollar Radio is a family-run press based in Columbus, Ohio. Their books have been honored by the National Book Foundation, picked as Editors' Choice selections by The New York Times Book Review, and made year-end best-of lists at O: The Oprah Magazine, NPR,Time Out New York, Salon, and The Believer.
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