First-time horror author N.J.Hallard’s debut novel, Breaking News: an Autozombiography, is a story of survival set in the year after a devastating outbreak of zombie plague wipes out most of the human race.

Set in Worthing on the south coast of England, the 300-page novel – which has been four years in the writing – tells the tale of two zombie film-fans who already know what to do in the event of such an outbreak. They know what to arm themselves with and how to survive, but everyone else seems a little preoccupied! They seek shelter atop an ancient Iron Age hill fort on the West Sussex Downs and are soon joined by friends and enemies alike.

Featuring stunning original pencil artwork and prints of antiquated maps, the self-published Autozombiography is available to buy, priced £12 (US$17.29), at Lulu.com.  It is currently undergoing an enhanced distribution process and will be available to buy on Amazon in 6 – 8 weeks.

You can read N.J. Hallard's blog or follow him on Twitter,  where he tweets and posts in character and encourages fellow ‘survivors’ of the zombie plague to interact with him. The blog also contains installments of original zombie fiction and illustrations (two shown below) to share, post and re-tweet, as well as giveaways, polls and more.

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