NATURE: Now There Are Zombie Sex Flies
A deadly fungus infects and controls the minds of house flies, before consuming them from the inside out — and that’s just the start of its gruesome reproductive strategy. As … Read more
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Siren’s Love Song – Alexa Piper
QSFer Alexa Piper has a new MM urban fantasy out, Elvenswood Tales book 4: Siren’s Love Song. And there’s a giveaway! As a siren, Mike has a voice to sway … Read more
There Are Zombie Flies?
Two newly discovered fungi species have a similarly macabre mode of action: They eat flies alive while using them to drop spores on new victims. The related species, Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa, … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT: On the Eve of Forever – Kayleigh Sky
QSFer Kayleigh Sky has a new MM dystopian sci fi romance out: “On the Eve of Forever.” Brey would rate himself least likely to survive a zombie apocalypse. Yet here … Read more
“Zombie” Parasite From Cats Can Make You Take More Risks
There’s a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, and it can turn a normally risk-averse mouse into a bold, cat-seeking rodent. Cats that devour such mice can then pass the parasite … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: We Shall Not Sleep, by M.R. Graham
QSFer M.R. Graham has a new queer (ace/demi/pan) paranormal romance out, the first in their new “Van Helsing Legacy” series: “We Shall Not Sleep.” The Great War is over, its … Read more
SCIENCE: How Would Zombies Decay
Like all living creatures, humans die and our bodies begin to decompose right away; indeed, there’s no stopping it, even for zombies. Of course, we know zombies aren’t real, but … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Half-Life, by Gregory L. Norris
QSFer Gregory L. Norris has a new MM paranormal book out: Half-Life. Whitney Abbott travels to the seaside Maine town of Window to begin a new life in his uncle’s … Read more
The High School Zombie Christmas Movie You Didn’t Know You Needed
The zombie Christmas musical “Anna and the Apocalypse” tries too hard to do too much, but this multigenre hybrid has more than enough good cheer to get viewers through another … Read more
SPACE: Cosmic Zombies
Close encounters with medium-size black holes can reanimate dead stars, if only momentarily, a new study suggests. A team of astronomers performed computer simulations to determine what happens when a … Read more