Eric Pollarine of Flames Rising recently posted an interview with author, Kim Paffenroth!

Kim’s novella Orpheus & The Pearl releases alongside David Dunwoody’s Nevermore in late September, and his novel Closes at Dusk is scheduled for September 2011.

It seems as if, at the time, both you and Permuted Press, along with Max Brooks and Bryan Keene, all hit the nail on the head when it comes to the public’s want, or need for all things flesh eating, as in the last 4-5 years everything seems to have involved zombies in some way. What is it about zombies Kim? Why do you think they fascinate and terrify us?

They’ve got some of the usual monster fears – of being killed, of being eaten, of turning into one of “them.” But they also have this overwhelming sense of ordinariness – of how we already are them, we just don’t realize it yet. You see them wandering in the mall, and it’s a nervous laugh you give, because you know you look just like them, to some other objective observer. That gives them a different, steadier kind of dread, rather than just the adrenaline rush of being chased and killed.

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Good evening everyone!

I received exciting news in the Belfire inbox this evening, and while it doesn’t really have anything to do with Belfire per se, it does involve spectacular news for one of our upcoming authors, Kim Paffenroth (author of Orpheus & The Pearl, part one of our Dual Novella releasing in September).

The new Simon and Schuster edition of Dying to Live is now up for pre-order with a 33% discount. If you’ve given away your old copy or need a new one for gift giving, this is your chance:

Dying to Live at Amazon

The success of this edition will determine whether Simon and Schuster decides to buy the sequel.

Basically, this is all selfishness on my part, too. I have copies of the originals from Permuted Press, and I can’t wait to have the third Dying to Live as well. If Simon and Schuster buys the second, they’ll probably by the third – and I’ll have complete sets from both publishers. So… umm.. indulge an editor in her crazy book collecting, and go buy Dying to Live!