To people writing novels/lightnovels about an apocalypse, especially zombies. What do think would be interesting to add, aside from your usual surviving and shooting zombies. Since it's a very cliche subject.
You could also post your work here for me to read, even though it's not about zombies, since I'm an avid reader of horror novels.
(By the way who's excited for the resident evil 3 remake though)
Dec '19
Apr '20
Well, I am developing a zombie apocalyptic comic story further down the line. Though, it's definitely laced with a lot of cosmic horror elements. Like, the root cause was never from humans but from something beyond the stars.
And for this story, I'm really developing the effects the infection has on victims. What do victims feel when they're turned? Can they still keep any of their memories? Do they FEEL their memories/logic slipping away?
I like the idea of having more than just mindless zombies in the sense that they are aware of what they're doing but just can't stop. Kinda makes the horror that much more terrifying. I probably won't dive too much into the whole "humans suck too -- they become maniacs when everything falls".
Like, yeah, that's true, but it's been kinda...done to death (heh). So I just wanna focus a bit more on the source of the zombie invasion and how it turns its victims. Nothing completely sympathetic or heart-wrenching. Still want it to be scary, after all 
I'd love to read one from the zombie point of view. Obviously, that would require the zombies to have some kind of consciousness, but a lower level that would make their point of view interesting and different from the usual POV/ narrator.
The one I know writing about zombies apocalypse is @WriterLinXiaolong. They got some inspiration from Chinese zombie apocalypse genre which have the mix of ability user (a lot of variations). This genre is pretty fun in some aspect so maybe try to look them up.
Last year, I was working on a novel idea about a woman and her dog dealing with it as a sole survivor kinda thing. It kinda fell into the trap of meeting others and forming a group, eventually meeting bad people, etc.. I will say this though, it was sort of a deep dive into her mental health as a grieving mother and wife and how bottling up those emotions affected her. Writing it made me actually worried for my own mental health (which was already bad at the time) moving forward so.. I never got around to actually posting it lol I wanna remix it into something else I'm working on, but we'll see
From what little I know of the genre, there's not really any story that takes a more detailed look at the mental well-being of characters in a setting like that since so much of it is based on action and survival.
I'll check it out since most ability + zombie apocalypse I read are either manhwa/manhua, I haven't found any novels though.
I would to love to read one as well.
Also regarding the whole mental and how zombies feel, I think I remember seeing one, it wasn't a novel though, it was a movie about a zombie falling in love with a human, where the movie describes the daily life of a zombie and how it feels. And in the end the zombie turned back into a human. It was interesting but I forgot the title.
I'm writing offline in a zombie's perspective, and it's been really fun coming up with events, etiquette and culture for the walking dead tbh
I look forward reading your work if you ever wanted to post it, since I think that having a mother (plus the dog) as a protagonist in a apocalyptic story is very unique. Stories regarding this genre are mostly male protagonist, the only novel I know with a female protagonist is Doomsday wonderland.
Also regarding your writing affecting you emotionally I can some what relate because the protagonist I made in the story that I'm witting right now, is somewhat portrayed to me and the protagonist's life is kind of sad.
It's advantageous since I could write it in detail but I tend to remember things that I don't want to.
Stay healthy though
Can I please get a zombie apocalypse story where 3/4th's of the enemy aren't just other factions of humans? Like sure, it's more 'realistic' but I just want to see one where humans have truly banded together to fight off the scourge.
Something interesting would be setting the story on a different time period than the standard modern era.....
how does......Samurai zombie apocalypse sounds to you?
mine is a comci but i am the writer, the diffrent with mine is he awakens in the middle of the zombie apcloypise with amnesia but all the survivers that he finds blames him for the cause of all this so he trying to find out why.
Korea's done that twice now in live-action lol there's the TV series Kingdom and the film, Rampant, both on Netflix. I haven't seen Rampant yet, but Kingdom's a really good watch imo I want a season 2 soooo bad tbh
@bakasama25
Thanks for reminding me of it! I've seen the movie but I didn't know it was based on a novella. I remember the film having this sort of depressive tone that I really vibed with. Might be worth checking out the source material~
@A-Chee
Yeah thanks! I dunno, maybe I'd redo it with someone else as a short comic kinda thing sometime in the future, but for the most part.. I really wanna try to work it into the world of this comic idea I'm currently working on. I just think it'd fit in pretty well and take the emotional toll off of it quite a bit by working it in there so yea
The author's name is Richard Matheson, should you want find a copy of that novella.
The film version you saw is the third movie based on "I Am Legend". The other two are "The Last Man on Earth" and "The Omega Man". The novella is considered the first "zombie" story and that inspired the movie, "Night of the Living Dead." The novella has even more of a depressive tone than the Will Smith movie.
I'd like to read more everyday survival moments. Not just running away in the woods or shooting down attackers. What about the days in between where you have to gather food, or repair torn clothing? Does anyone still do art at all?
Also, I'd like to see cats just hanging around and not being even a little bothered.
It didn't touch the apocalypse yet... It should be around chapter 30-ies. But in Tapas, its around 20-ies 
Planning to try to get to the apocalypse before new year. But there is a part where:
MC looks through the older sister's (who experienced the apocalypse, died and then rebirth back to the past) memories
Also, thanks @silverraven0 for recommending!
I added zombified wildlife. I also took an unusual turn for horror, and wrote the story from the point of view of a ten year old girl.
I just started posting a short story collection and the first one is about zombies. 
There's some action scenes but the story is also focused on the psychological aspect. Also adds a little mystery twist at the end!
Will be posting another zombie story later in the series that has a more science fiction feel to it in terms of the technology that humans have come up with to counter the zombie threat. 
I just posted the first part of my horror series. I was getting bored of writing fantasy and wanted a change in scenery.
I hope you like it.
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