As sun sets, as all around prepares to sleep. Do you hear it? Those murmers, as the gloom descends, The sun failing, as nights blanket envelopes all. Solitude now, thoughts prevail, their pace quickens; For now the shadows shall play. What terror I understand, as blackest tendrils probe, Feeding, breeding therein! Solace! What bitter lover are thee? Wrenching fear and cold sweat, Creeping, malicious paranoia you are! The only comfort, those first birds at dawn. As sunrise, hasten your temporary retreat. We will meet again.....
Read Zombies - An Overview the first part in the series. The English word "zombie" is first recorded in 1819, in a history of Brazil by the poet Robert Southey, as "zombi", really alluding to the Afro-Brazilian renegade pioneer named Zumbi and the historical underpinnings of his name in "nzambi". The Oxford English Dictionarygives the cause of the word as West African and analyzes it to the Kongo words "nzambi" (god) and "zumbi" (fixation). In Haitian legends, a zombie (Haitian French: zombi, Haitian Creole: zonbi) is an animated corpse raised by mystical means, such as witchcraft. The idea has been famously connected with the religion of voodoo, however it has no impact in that confidence's formal practices. How the animals in contemporary zombie films came to be classified "zombies" isn't completely clear. The film Night of the Living Dead made no talked reference to its undead opponents as "zombies", ...
Visit The Meet The Author Page I'm a horror fan and have been since I was a child. In fact, I'm a total creep, with a penchant for all things morbid, gruesome and bloodthirsty. My creepy life began at The London Dungeon as a child and soon after I had a collection of horror dolls, such as Frankenstein and The Wolfman. My first film memories were of Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and Hammer films, as things that go bump in the night became my idea of a fun couple of hours. By my teens, the 'video nasties' were in the news and I'd developed from an odd hobby into an obsession with the dark and disturbing. It's not all about film as, through the terrifying tales of Stephen King, Clive Barker, James Herbert, and other notable authors, I found myself drawn into nightmarish journeys that fascinated me. Of course, no horror fan worth their Zombie Apocalypse would be without an interest in Gothic architecture and I love that sort of thing, along with a lo...
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