Summer’s over, the kids are back in school, and we’re back to our once a month chats. Every month we talk about our upcoming releases, cover art, what our authors are up to, and things we’d like to read. Way too often we end up with a writing challenge of some sort. Last time it was Zombie Romance (you can read the results in Bump in the Night).

Our chats are free-for-all, meaning say whatever you like about anything you like, and someone in there will be interested and want to talk about it with you. Over the last few chats, besides our books, we’ve talked about sports, zombies, David Bowie, zombies, fantasy fiction, zombies, horror, fan fiction, zombies, and zombies. I’m not sure what it is about us, but we always come back around to the zombies. This is part of today’s zombie conversation:

[jess] 4:46 pm: ZOMBIE FOOTBALL! OH I AM SOOOO THERE…
[GutterBall] 4:46 pm: Dude, can you imagine the touchdown celebrations? Can shambling be considered a dance?
[Gary Inbinder] 4:46 pm: QB sack in Zombie football- QBs head comes off. He still plays on. Headless QB   
[jess] 4:47 pm: Shrek could totally play football…
[Raebob] 4:47 pm: TOTALLY!
[Gary Inbinder] 4:47 pm: Or, Headless QBs head becomes football?
[Gary Inbinder] 4:48 pm: Vampire Wide out catches long pass as bat, then transforms in end zone
[Raebob] 4:48 pm: Bites ball
[Gary Inbinder] 4:48 pm: Air comes out
[GutterBall] 4:49 pm: Holding takes on a whole new meaning. If you still have the appendage when the whistle blows, that’s totally a flag. Especially if the other guy’s ten yards down the field.
[Heather P] 4:49 pm: Sounds like a typical Manchester United match at Old Trafford…
[jess] 4:49 pm: Though it was baseball
[Raebob] 4:49 pm: How about basketball?
[Raebob] 4:49 pm: That could be fun.
[Gary Inbinder] 4:49 pm: Striped shirts are werewolves
[GutterBall] 4:50 pm: Absolutely. And instead of throwing flags, they simply maul the offenders.
[Gary Inbinder] 4:50 pm: Troll basketball?
[Raebob] 4:50 pm: Elves vs. the Dwarves.
[Raebob] 4:50 pm: Dwarves v. the Trolls.
[Raebob] 4:51 pm: Orcs take on the Trolls.
[jess] 4:51 pm: aw, elves v dwarves is sooo overdone*G*
[GutterBall] 4:51 pm: Dude, Elves would totally take the Dwarves. Height advantage, and all that. Although Dwarves would kick butt in football.
[Raebob] 4:51 pm: ANd soccer.
[Gary Inbinder] 4:51 pm: Dwarves trip trolls, foul out
[jess] 4:51 pm: Yeah, but dwarves can jump
[GutterBall] 4:52 pm: Pssh. Dwarves can’t jump. Though they could probably take out those skinny little legs….
[Gary Inbinder] 4:58 pm: Zombie golf – borrrinnngg
[Berry] 4:58 pm: Now, zombie bowling might be interesting.
[Gary Inbinder] 4:59 pm: Zombies use heads as bowling balls
[Raebob] 4:59 pm: Anything with vampires would have to be indoors or at night.
[jess] 4:59 pm: BRAINS!
[Berry] 4:59 pm: And use amputated legs as bowling pins.
[Isabelle] 4:59 pm: grossssssss
[Berry] 4:59 pm: Zombie jousting would so rule.
[GutterBall] 4:59 pm: Dude, zombie lacrosse? Would the horses have to be zombies, too?
Joe Chin] 5:00 pm: Wouldn’t it make more sense for the horses to be skeletons? Less to clean up that way.
[GutterBall] 5:00 pm: Rae – dwarf cage matches?
[GutterBall] 5:00 pm: Would there be a cage left?
[Raebob] 5:01 pm: Dwarf tossing!
[GutterBall] 5:03 pm: Gods vs. Titans? In ping pong?

And so it goes.

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