Synopses & Reviews
"Sexy, scathing, delightful, and intimately devastating."--Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt and Cuckoo
Packed with action, humor, sex, and big gay feelings, The Z Word is the queer Zombieland you didn't know you needed.
Chaotic bisexual Wendy is trying to find her place in the queer community of San Lazaro, Arizona, after a bad breakup--which is particularly difficult because her ex is hooking up with some of her friends. And when the people around them start turning into violent, terrifying mindless husks, well, that makes things harder. Especially since the infection seems to be spreading.
Now, Wendy and her friends and frenemies--drag queen Logan, silver fox Beau, sword lesbian Aurelia and her wife Sam, mysterious pizza delivery stoner Sunshine, and, oh yeah, Wendy's ex-girlfriend Leah--have to team up to stay alive, save Pride, and track the zombie outbreak to its shocking source. Hopefully without killing each other first.
The Z Word is a propulsive, funny, emotional horror debut about a found family coming together to fight corporate greed, political corruption, gay drama, and zombies.
Review
"Sexy, scathing, delightful, and intimately devastating." Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of
Manhunt and
Cuckoo
Review
"With an endearingly messy protagonist and wonderfully complicated
relationship dynamics among the entirely queer cast, King-Miller
skillfully explores real issues facing the LGBTQ+ community while
cleverly pairing the beats of a romance novel with the visceral gut
punches of survival horror." Publishers Weekly
Review
"Sharply written and filled with richly drawn, complex characters that I genuinely cared about, The
Z Word is one of the most innovative and deeply affecting novels
I've read in a while. Playful, acerbic, and utterly engrossing, it's
astonishing to realize that this is Lindsay King-Miller's debut. I'm
ravenous for more!" Eric LaRocca, author of
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes
About the Author
Lindsay King-Miller is the author of
Ask a Queer Chick: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life for Girls Who Dig Girls. Her fiction has appeared in
The Fiends in the Furrows,
Tiny Nightmares,
The Jewish Book of Horror,
Fireside Fiction,
Baffling Magazine, and numerous other publications. She lives in Denver with her partner and their two children.
The Z Word is her first novel.