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[Permuted Press]

What unique mash-ups of themes/settings/whatever would you like to see if we ever do another Undead?  Maybe someone here will actually come up with a good story based on your idea!  Though you may want to keep your ideas to yourself if you're a writer. 

One thing I'd like to see that I don't think anyone has done:  a story that mixes zombies and time travel.

[Zombie Zak]

Well, the good folks at Marvel have tapped into the whole "zombie craze" and came out with Marvel Zombies.  (And to boot, they've added Army Of Darkness vs Marvel Zombies, due out in a couple of months.) 

So, that's one type of idea.  Zombies vs comic book characters (probably won't fly due to licensing restrictions.  But, who knows.)

Another would be: Celebrity Zombies.  Well-known who-to-does and their zombie downfall.

[big john h]

Zombies are a figurative metaphor for the evential deathwe al w ill face. Eventually we all die. I like to see normal people in fantastic situations. Trapped in a building, trapped in a plane, trapped on a sub, etc. but i would also like to see zombie tales set in the civil war or the old west.

[john_sunseri]

That you, Hubbs?  Welcome aboard, man!

[Permuted Press]

That you, Hubbs?  Welcome aboard, man!

It's the big man himself.  Welcome, John!

[Snell]

That you, Hubbs?

I was wondering when he would get around here

So . . . another Undead?  Hmmm . . . I think a really cool setting would be a space shuttle on a mission to the moon, or on a trip to the space station.  Nothing futuristic.  No Klingons (sp?) or anything.  No warp speed.  More like Apollo 13, you know?  Only with zombies.

[Scotty]

So . . . another Undead?  Hmmm . . . I think a really cool setting would be a space shuttle on a mission to the moon, or on a trip to the space station.  Nothing futuristic.  No Klingons (sp?) or anything.  No warp speed.  More like Apollo 13, you know?  Only with zombies.

I'm personally a fan of landing on a new planet, doing a little exploring, and finding out that our Earth-2 happens to be inhabited by some ruthless undead.  Either way, I'm a fan of science fiction and zombies being mashed together.

[Philip.Hansen]

Zombies are a figurative metaphor for the evential deathwe al w ill face. Eventually we all die. I like to see normal people in fantastic situations. Trapped in a building, trapped in a plane, trapped on a sub, etc. but i would also like to see zombie tales set in the civil war or the old west.

Old West?  You called?

[BlueasJim]

Zombies are a figurative metaphor for the evential deathwe al w ill face. Eventually we all die. I like to see normal people in fantastic situations. Trapped in a building, trapped in a plane, trapped on a sub, etc. but i would also like to see zombie tales set in the civil war or the old west.

Old West?  You called?

I have been working on a short story about the old west and zombies. It's an interesting time period to set them in. I also have written a longer short story about Samurai and Ninjas against a zombie horde.

[Stephen Blundell]

I'd love to see ... bermuda triangle opens and it all of its victims have been turned into zombies.  Now that would be interesting. 

I have this other idea ... but I am trying to write it as a book ... so I can't say! 

Old West would be good ... there's so many great ideas to be explored.

Then so would a "deep south" based zombie anthology ... mad voodoo, witchcraft, swamps, and a horde of zombies.

[HOO-HAA]

What about stripping thingsback to basics and doing a TRAD-ZOMBIE-ONLY Undead? 

Wacky, I know. And rich coming from me! 

But, might be fun? 

[Shawn of the Dead]

I agree with what some others have said.  I enjoy zombies set in real life situations - trapped in houses, transportation, etc.  An Old West zombie story could be really cool...hope some of you writers work on that.  I'd like to see a zombie tale involving the isolation of a group of people in a cabin in the woods or something like that.  I guess that would be sort of an Evil Dead type of thing.   

i would also like to see zombie tales set in the civil war or the old west.

Not trying to be promotional with this, but I saw this and just wanted to mention that my bro, Jason Brannon, has a short story that deals with zombies and the civil war entitled "The South Will Rise Again."  It's in his short story collection FIVE DAYS ON THE BANKS OF THE ACHERON in case you want to look it up.

[Killface]

How about zombies in Detroit?  Now the REAL question would be who is running from whom?  I'm kidding about Detroit, but how about a place that's already scary and then throw zombies on top of the situation?  Like prison or a particularly dangerous part of the country/world.  How about zombies with a natural disaster as a backdrop?  How about zombie and pro wrestlers?  Ooo, no, no.  That one's mine.

[Stephen Blundell]

How about writers writing about their own situation of when an outbreak happens ... ?  That would be interesting.

[Lord Anubis]

I think zombes should fight sea monsters!

Okay, fine...  still think there should be a sea monsters collection though...

What if, rather than going for a broader canvas, you tried narrowing the focus more? 

For example...  Permuted has done historical zombies, but what about a book of nothing but World War Two zombie stories, either subtle or strong? 

--The horrible events around Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese fleets released thousands of undead on the Hawaiian base, forcing the Americans to destroy their own airstrips and buildings.

-- Hitler's attempt to take the Soviet Union fails when his zombie hordes freeze during the harsh winters.

--Rommel in the desert as ancient evil rises from the sands of northern Africa.

True Zombie Tales of the American Civil War? 

Otherworld Zombies-- awful tales of the undead in space.

Zombies of the Carribean?  What was the awful truth behind Blackbeard's legendary appetite?  How did the phrase "dead man's chest" enter the pirate vernacular?  What made zombies a tenet of certain island religions...?

That's all off the top of my head...