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A project of Living Dead Press (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions. We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Lets get back to basics. Let's forget about Darwin and the evolution of the Zombie. In this anthology, we're back in 1968 where it all began. While we all love Cooper and Ben, we don't want stories about them. We want to know what was happening everwhere else on that fateful night. What were the search and destroy crews doing? How did they form? What chaos went on in the studios of those newsrooms of the radio and TV stations that announced the first awakenings and the ill conceived advise they gave? We don't need diner stories because Ben summed it all up in his original back story. However, what about the drive in theaters where people still watched movies from their cars back in 1968? What if they were attacked then? What about the unsuspecting homes invaded by the undead way back before cable or satellite television were invented and there were only a few channels on TV? Think 1968 when it all began. Think 1968 when we were still so innocent about the horror. Think about the beginning and the fear you first felt when you learned about zombies. Think about the essence that first grabbed you. We want stories that adhere to the ORIGINAL rules. We want pure Zombies. We want pure horror.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
One-time publication

Fiction Closed

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Horror Subgenre: Zombie

Lengths:

Short Story: 3,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 15,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Dark.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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