by Peter Giglio
Lesser Creatures is a story of loss, love, and the undead. The undead in this read are called "second-lifers" who are not the ravenous, flesh-eating bodies with teeth we have come to know and shoot in the head. These SL's are a drain on the community and are a stain that can't be washed away for som...
This is a vastly different take on zombies and it really brings something fresh to the genre which has become pretty tired recently.It also says something about society and how it treats those that are 'undesirable', seen as a plague and an economic burden.My favourite aspect of this read was the lo...
If you've read one zombie novel, them you've read them all. Right? Wrong. Giglio provides a refreshing take on zombies in this truly unique story. The zombies (known as second-lifers) look like regular humans that are still alive (first-lifers). In here, the second-lifers do not pose a threat to f...
15 years ago the dead started to return to life. They were not hungry for brains, but would prefer a nice fast food burger and single malt. (Ok, scratch the single malt, Jack is fine.) They have become a terrible financial burden on society and have taken on the status of “lesser creatures”. What so...
Title: Lesser Creatures Who Wrote it? Pushcart prize nominee and Horror Writers Association member, Peter Giglio. Plot in a Box: The dead are coming back to life, but they don't want to eat your brain, they want to destroy the economy. Invent a New Title for this Book: Dole of the Dead...
This is an intelligent take on the zombie theme where zombies or "second-lifers" as they are now known have been integrated into everyday life. In true zombie fashion they have a slow deliberate gait and don't tend to converse much! "She smiled at him, a shocking rictus of unholy perversity, exposin...
Lesser Creatures has an interesting take on the whole zombie lore. Without spoiling too much, essentially the zombies, or as they call them "second-lifers" are not vicious, just mindless. They really like whiskey and fast food. But for some reason, whomever kills these second lifers, dies themselves...
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