“Tonight, Matthew, I’m going to be… Kurt Cobain!”

Robbie Neville’s big break on Stars in Their Eyes was supposed to launch him into rock stardom.

Instead, it launched him into the afterlife.

Rob is dead. But his body didn’t get the memo.

Now he’s spending Saturday night trying to stop his reanimated corpse from kickstarting a zombie apocalypse… which is really hard to do when you’re a ghost.

With enough ’90s nostalgia to make you dig out your old mixtapes, follow Rob (both of them) as he faces down hungry zombies, scared scallies, horny barmaids, and the ultimate question:

Can you still become a rock star when you’re dead?

I’ve had this cover art for over two years. It was created by the exceptional Laura of @Hello_Moon_Creative, a tattoo artist based in Redcar. The idea of keeping this story as ‘local’ as possible really resonated with me, and so I didn’t hesitate to reach out to Laura for a commission. I think you’ll agree, she did an exceptional job. It is well worth checking out her Instagram for more of her work, but be warned, she loves a bit a spice in her art (oh, and an obsession with Lord of the Rings that might even rival my own!)

In one of my very first emails with Laura, I wrote something that was true then and remains true today… it is a dream come true for someone to create art based on something I wrote. I gave Laura a very brief overview of the story and… that was it… the rest was her.

The typesetting, font design, and slightly hidden silhouette of a rock star (in Rob’s hair on the right hand side) was me and my dodgy Photoshop ‘skills’.

Pre-orders are available now…

https://books2read.com/Rockzombie

However, Amazon is doing it’s usual thing here in Australia and jacking up the price. It should be fine everywhere else and I’m looking into alternatives. But for now, the ebook is definitely reasonably priced and your friendly neighbourhood bookshop should be able to order in the paperback… or the library.

Cheers folks!