Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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'Tis the season (to play with dead stuff)...

A little while ago, Lauren (who designed the fantastic covers for Feed and Deadline) emailed to ask if I might have a parody of "The Night Before Christmas" that related to dead things just, you know. Lying around. I did not. But I did have a history in filk, and access to the original poem. So fifteen or so minutes later, "I do not" became "sure!" and I was able to send Lauren a nice, zombie-filled bit of Christmas fear.

Because Lauren is insanely awesome, she promptly turned it into a poster. And because Orbit is insanely awesome, you can now download this gruesome collaboration in a variety of exciting formats. It's suitable for use as an e-card, a computer wallpaper, or even a printed holiday letter.

So from all of us to all of you, have yourself a scary little Christmas now.
Tags: art, deadline, feed, geekiness, good things, mira grant, people make things, silliness, zombies
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That parody is full of win!
Thanks!

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Glee.
Fun!
Thanks!
This is BRILLIANT! Off to share it with everyone I have encountered in my life.
Yay!
You are a strange and twisted woman.

This is a compliment.
Taken as such.
That's brilliant. I love it, a much needed smile on a zombie Monday.
Yay!
you continue to amaze and delight me :)
That means I'm doing it right. :)

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Awesome!
Love it! If you ever do a Christmas album, this is the perfect final track.

Oh, and "creatively deranged" describes you perfectly. :-)
I thought so, too.
Oh HELL yes.
Hee.
That's wonderful, and so you.
Thank you!
Is there a word for 'more awesome than insanely awesome'? Because you and Lauren are both it, so there should be!
Lauren totally rocks, it's true.
Now we know why Santa has a red coat!

Also, that could totally count as an Advent story if you wanted it to. *grin*
Um, no, it couldn't. No crossover, remember?

archangelbeth

6 years ago

That is incredibly sick and twisted, m'dear. And hillarious. Can't forget 'hillarious'. Laughed muchly and glad the 'rents weren't around to try and read over my shoulder (staying w/ them; long story).
Yay!
it is awesome and saved
Yay!
This is amazing! Sent to my 13 yr old son to share the yuletide joy.
Awesome.
That is made of SO MUCH WIN. I love it.
Hooray!
Someone just gave me a book called "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies" - so far my favorite line is "Deck the halls with parts of Wally, fa la la la la la la la"
Hee.
Ooh, wonderfully twisted. I hadn't thought of Santa as a vampire before, but it makes a certain amount of sense. I think I may have to include copies of this in my brothers' Christmas gifts.
Rock on!
(... why do I not have a zombie icon. This will have to do!)

I love this so much. :D :D :D
Yay!
*bows*
I just reread it and am now trying to figure out the names.

Vincent Price
Stephen King
Mira Grant
Robert Rodriguez
George Romero

But who does Jessie refer to?
The author of Married...With Zombies, also published by Orbit. I was being twee.

silvertwi

6 years ago

I find this link of Holiday Zombie Stuff today: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10353/1111379-51.stm

And then I come home to this.

Clearly, the universe smiles on me
Yes.

Yes, it does.
I hereby dedicate Weird Al's Christmas at Ground Zero to you, because the mental image of a crowd of zombies standing on a moonlit-lawn keeps coming to mind any time I think about the song.

You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop,
Or Jack Frost on your windowsill.
But if someone's climbing down your chimney,
You'd better load your gun and shoot to kill.

It's Christmas at Ground Zero,
And if the radiation level's okay,
I'll go out with you,
And see all the new mutations on New Year's Day


Nothing says 'Christmas' like death, destruction, and post-apocolyptic mayhem. ;D
Hee, yay!
Brilliant. Keep up the good work.
I shall try.