What Inspired The Harvesting
by Melanie Karsak
I grew up watching horror movies with my
dad. I always liked scary stories, would stay up late to watch Tales from the Dark Side, and watched Aliens more than fifty times. I also
always wanted to be a writer, but I’d spent years writing historical literary
fiction without luck in terms of publishing. I had great premise ideas, but I
lacked skill. I went back to school and got a MA in English, started a PhD, and
have taught more composition classes than I can count. I finally had the skills
to write, but still had a nagging voice in my head that told me I needed to
write “Literature.” I then noticed that zombie stories were growing
increasingly popular. I thought a lot about why. What do zombies say about us? In the process
of considering the question academically, I got the idea for “The Harvesting.”
I wondered what might happen if z-day became a battle for our contemporary
Middle Earth? What if mankind’s death provided a moment for other supernatural
creatures to try to stake their claim on our world? I decided to write my
zombie novels along this theme. And I decided to write just for fun. I wrote
“The Harvesting” in celebration of the horror and fantasy genres I loved to
read and in complete rebellion of my pre-conceived notions of what I should be writing. As my tagline reads,
“It’s all fun and games until someone ends up undead.”
Title:
The
Harvesting
Author:
Melanie
Karsak
Release
date: September
18, 2012
Age
Group: New Adult/Adult
Genre:
Horror
and Fantasy, Zombie
Links
to find/buy the book:
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/252992
From
the author: I was interviewed on a local TV show, a Halloween special,
about zombies. I am first up in the special and I talk about zombies in
general and the novel in particular--and I have horrible posture and they made
me wear my t-shirt--but this might be something nice for people to watch if
they are interested in the paranormal.
Book
Description:
“To label this a zombie book would be a
false pretense . . . this is so much more than that. What you start out with
and what you end up with are very different, and those twists and turns in the
middle will make your heart beat faster over and over again."-- Colossal
Pop
It's all fun and games until someone ends up undead.
Though Layla reluctantly returns home to rural Hamletville after a desperate
call from her psychic grandmother, she could never have anticipated the horror
of what Grandma Petrovich has foreseen. The residents of Hamletville will need
Layla's help if they are to survive the zombie apocalypse that's upon them. But
that is not the only problem. With mankind silenced, it soon becomes apparent
that we were never alone. As the beings living on the fringe seek to reclaim
power, Layla must find a way to protect the ones she loves or all humanity may
be lost.
(1) eBook of THE HARVESTING (International) and (1) eBook or
Print copy of THE HARVESTING and theme t-shirt (US/Canada)
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About
the Author
Melanie Karsak, steampunk connoisseur,
white elephant collector, and caffeine junkie, resides in Florida with her
husband and two children. Melanie is the author of "The Harvesting"
series. Visit the author at her blog, melaniekarsak.blogspot.com, to learn more
about upcoming projects, book signings, and other neato things.
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