When we first flew into Salt Lake City on a house hunting
venture, I looked out the window at the nasty, damp salt flats and thought,
“This is the ugliest state we’ve ever lived in.” Then, we drove half an hour north to Layton,
and were blown away by its beauty.
Utah is one of the most varied states in the union, and,
IMHO, one of the most impressive. In the
south, the desert is full of the most amazing rock structures, from the tall,
lonely mesas popular in SUV ads to city-block-sized rock slabs that stick
vertically out of the ground as if the earth had grown dorsal fins. In the north, where we live, there are
rugged, arid mountains with great skiing (they hosted the 2002 Winter
Olympics). In Layton, we have 270-degree
views of the mountains, including a far off panorama with the Great Salt Lake
in the foreground. My mother said the
view actually reminds her of Puerto Rico, where the mountains rise from the
ocean!
I’ve decided to make Utah the location for my next
fundraiser serial story, “Shambling in a Winter Wonderland.” Neeta Lyffe, the main character from *Neeta
Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator* and *I Left My Brains in San Francisco,* goes on a
ski vacation with her fiancé, Ted.
Unfortunately, the corpses of a ski team killed in an avalanche dig
themselves from their snowy graves, intent on finishing the competition they’d
entered before their demise. Looks like
a working vacation for Neeta and Ted!
I’m writing this story in serial and posting it at http://skizombies.karinafabian.com
starting in November as a fundraiser for Operation Homestead. I’ll take donations, and for every $10 I
receive for Operation Homestead, I will post the next episode. The story continues until all the episodes
are posted, and then the money made will be donated in masse.
Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator is one of several of my
world/series that I write in both novel and story form. I enjoy taking my characters in crazy
situations, like taking on the undead on snowboards. As for my personal adventures…we may have to
say good-bye to Utah in 2013, but I learned something valuable here: Never judge a state on first impressions from
the air.
Zombie problem? Call Neeta Lyffe, Zombie
Exterminator--but not this weekend.
On vacation at an exterminator’s convention,
she's looking to relax, have fun, and enjoy a little romance. Too bad the
zombies have a different idea. When they rise from their watery graves to take
over the City by the Bay, it looks like it'll be a working vacation after all.
Enjoy
the thrill of re-kill with Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator.
Winner of the 2010 INDIE for best Fantasy (Magic, Mensa and Mayhem) and a Global
eBook Award for Best Horror (Neeta Lyffe,
Zombie Exterminator), Karina Fabian’s writing takes quirky twists that keep
her--and her fans--amused. Nuns working in space, a down-and-out Faerie dragon
working off a geas from St. George, zombie exterminators—there’s always a
surprise in Fabian’s worlds. Mrs. Fabian teaches writing
Find Karina at:
Find I Left My Brains in San Francisco at:
Damnation Books: http://www.damnationbooks.com/book.php?isbn=9781615727643
Amazon:
http://amzn.to/Nzm01L (paper) http://amzn.to/OBBmkL (Kindle)
More
about it at http://zombiedeathextreme.com
and book marketing
seminars online.
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