Jo Salazar’s If We Survive the Night started out as The Dead Weight, released by the author herself, and arrives from Sourcebooks Fire in 2026. In this interview, the YA zombie writer talks about building a protagonist you follow but never trust, writing institutional damage without a diagnosis, and why Quinn will never get the redemption arc readers keep waiting for.
Zombie Bike Parade: Davis Gives the Undead Wheels
The Zombie Bike Parade Festival rides through Davis, California, on Halloween Day 2026, a short hop from where the first zombie walk shuffled out in 2001. This feature traces how a failed Guinness bid became a free Halloween festival that has funded 42 adaptive trikes through NorCal Trykers, and why the zombie, of … Zombie Bike Parade: Davis Gives the Undead WheelsRead more