What Zombies Fear
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What Zombies Fear: A Father’s Quest
The first novel in the WZF Universe. When Victor Tookes went to work that beautiful spring day he never expected to see a man eaten in the street in front of his office. After convincing himself that they really were zombies, he makes a trip from his house in Pennsylvania to his family home in Virginia, battling zombies all the way. Along the route, his three and a half year old son is bitten on the leg, but doesn’t turn into a zombie. Instead, he turns into something more than human.
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What Zombies Fear: The Maxists
This is the second book in the “What Zombies Fear” series. Victor Tookes and his family are still struggling to survive after a parasite that turns people into zombies wipes out civilization. After reaching the relative safety of the family home in Virginia, the danger only intensifies. Zombies still stalk their every move but now Victor and his friends have another threat to deal with – a rogue military unit who’s commander wants Victor’s son, and the rise of a new cult, The Maxists.
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What Zombies Fear: The Gathering
The Third Book in the What Zombies Fear series follows Victor Tookes and friends as they travel the country looking for friends and family members.
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What Zombies Fear: Fracture
The Fourth Book in the series launches here on 2/27/2012
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The Book of Kris
Introducing The Book of Kris. Set in the WZF universe, The Book of Kris is the story of how Kris survived the apocalypse and met Victor Tookes.
Written by Laura Bretz
July 9, 2011 at 8:50 pm
I liked the shorter chapters better. Seemed like my eyes hurt less reading them Dunno. Thanks for making me famous!
July 9, 2011 at 8:52 pm
You’re welcome! Thanks for the feedback on the chapter length.
July 11, 2011 at 10:21 am
Love it! Keep ‘em coming!
July 15, 2011 at 4:31 am
I like the different types of chapters, the action pact ventures are quick allowing me to fill in the gaps in my mind as I read them. The longer chapters I’ve found are the ones that need the in depth descriptions.
Though each reader and author has their own preferences when it comes to telling the story in their head, the story is defined by it’s contents.
Keep it up Tookes.
July 15, 2011 at 7:47 am
Everyone has their own personal writing styles. This shows on length of Chapters, how many side stories are taking place at one time within the main storyline, and how many inclines you find yourself adventuring.
I do not think the chapter size is the problem at all. I have seen far worse.
July 15, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Reading online or even just on a computer is harder for me. I prefer books, so that’s why I made the comment about the chapter length. This story is awesome and I’ve gotten a bunch of people to read it!
July 15, 2011 at 4:37 pm
That is where technology can help you further. You do not need to read it on the computer. You can choose to print it out to read. This is open source writing. He is allowing you the oppertunity to read, share, and add to his minds eye. What you choose to do with it is completely up to you, so long as you are not infringing his creative rights.
July 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm
I can’t print it. My comment was saying that i like the shorter chapters for reading better, not the content. I’m not “infringing his creative rights” , just commenting.
July 15, 2011 at 7:20 pm
You misinterpreted my last comment. I stated you may do what you will with the story as long as you are not infringing his rights. He posts the story openly on a blog to broadcast his creativity and share his art. You may print it if you needed to in order to better enjoy the story at your leisure, or to refrain from causing suffering for reading from a computer monitor.
I am not accusing you of doing anything. I am simply subjecting you to discussion of alternative measures you, as the reader, could pursue in order for it to be less tasking on you. Less task equals more pleasure.
If you can’t print it, then don’t print it. I can understand how shorter chapters may be better for some, however to most novel standards, these chapters are small to small/medium in comparison.
July 16, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Weird. I didn’t get an email saying you’d replied. I’m sorry, I did misunderstand.
July 15, 2011 at 7:53 pm
One of the benefits of it being a blog is that I don’t have to follow any rules. I could make 6000 word chapters and update weekly, or,1000 word updates daily. I chose more frequent updates.
July 15, 2011 at 7:58 pm
True, however there are no rules to begin with. Only standards created by statistical examples. By all means, you could post a paragraph a day and still be able to tell the story, just matters on how well you execute those paragraphs that keeps people visiting every day.
July 17, 2011 at 7:30 am
Agree with ‘it’ here.
The length of each chapter won’t matter as long as the writing is excellent. And it is. Every time.
July 17, 2011 at 8:43 pm
I just realized what your writing style reminded me of it was that Afterworld Series
July 21, 2011 at 1:08 am
That was an excellent series.
July 28, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Came here from a link at Adrians undead diary , glad I did .. really enjoying the story , clever twist with the smart zeds and the people come across as real characters I’m very interested in how this turns out and will be back to find out..
keep up the good work..thanks Killswitch..
September 9, 2011 at 4:58 am
Been with you since the beginining and still here mate. Keep up the good work.
September 9, 2011 at 10:43 pm
This series has become my new favorite novel a position I dont take lightly keep it up man I cant wait to see to what new heights your story climbs.
September 10, 2011 at 3:11 pm
I read your announcement about that Kindle book. But we don’t have kindle in our country.
Is there a way to pay for the book (in PDF/HTML/TXT format) via paypal instead? Checking your site 3x a day isn’t healthy. (And the cliffhangers after every chapter is also not healthy..)
September 10, 2011 at 3:22 pm
I’m working on making it available on smashwords, which will allow you to purchase it for reading on your PC.
Thanks a ton for your interest and support through this Mary, You’ve been one of my most active commenter, and I appreciate that you take the time to leave feedback.
September 11, 2011 at 6:16 am
Smashwords will be great too. I already have an account there when I bought the ctales ebook.
It’s a bit difficult to find zombie fiction that isn’t all sparkly vampires and werewolf-related and is written by someone who obviously knows his stuff. I’m really glad I found this small ring of sites (AUD, ctales, and WZF)
i’mgonnamarathontookesstoryi’mgonnamarathontookesstoryi’mgonnamarathontookesstory can’t wait! Thanks for thinking about your other readers!
September 18, 2011 at 9:46 am
Great read!!! I am really enjoying it, keep up the good work. Can’t wait to read more.
September 18, 2011 at 12:34 pm
great book. keep it up.
September 18, 2011 at 11:12 pm
I see you’ve been busy expanding on the WZF universe.
New perspectives, locations, and groups of survivors? I’ll eat em up like a zombie on brains. *omnomnom* Thanks!
September 27, 2011 at 3:21 am
Your blog is enjoyable. I hope to see more soon
October 11, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Thanks for this great zombie story! I really appreciate this. I actually let my husband have a look and he posted a link to it on his blog
December 1, 2011 at 12:14 pm
I see that you are developing characters for the movie. I have a suggestion for John “the Aussie”. Jason Stratham would be a good choice.
He is definately an action hero and would fit Jonh to a T, in my humble opinion.
BTW great book, but why do you hate Glocks so much? LOL
December 1, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Jason Stratham is British mate… That’s like calling an American citizen a Candian. The bloke has too thick of an accent to change and would sound weird trying to pronounce the aussie-isms and slang. He’s more of a hand to hand guy, where as I prefer the guns.
I’m going to have to nominate Sam Worthington or Ryan Kwanten.
As a side note, I have an OCD where I can’t leave a book unfinished. When I attempted to read World War Z by M. Brooks, my OCD went “Screw this, I’m changing the rules” and I couldn’t get past chapter 2.
Funny you should mention Mila for Leo – http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/1655741/mila-kunis-zombie-01/
Glocks?? I love anything that launches a projectile… There are no ugly guns, just ugly shots… repeatedly…
December 1, 2011 at 12:22 pm
I almost forgot, I found this book as a suggestion from Amazon as I read at least 5 zombie books a month.
I also think Mila Kunis could be a good Leo.
One more question (sorry to be the problem child of the fans) is the childs name “Max” a nod to Max Brooks?
December 1, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Ugh. Now i’m going to have to go back through and change Max’s name! /grin. Its not, I’m not even really a Max Brooks fan, except that he’s kind of the king of zombies right now. We’ll call it respect for his marketing efforts.
Great to know you found the book and liked it! Thanks!
As for hating glocks, I really don’t.. Its just a character quirk of Tookes. Somewhere after he got to the farm he says that he thinks they’re ugly, but John loves them
December 1, 2011 at 11:53 pm
ha! thanks for the reply and that is funny about Mila.
I like the Max Brooks books but I like the way you have changed the rules with little Max as well as the other “immune” characters. I was wondering if there was going to be a new break in the mindless zombies vs. the underprepared humans. Great twist!
As for Jason Stratham playing John, I know the difference between British and Aussie accents. I was in the Army, and worked with Brits and Aussies. I thought Stratham could pull it off like Colin Ferrel pulls off an American accent over his own. Just a thought.
January 11, 2012 at 2:56 am
[quote] I also think Mila Kunis could be a good Leo.
*eyes you evily* NO! lol
I vote Daniela Ruah
If Mila Kunis plays Leo…I’d have to get paid to watch it..lol
December 1, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Love the choice to split the se nod book in two,
December 11, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Hello, I wanted to purchase your book but I clicked the link for the Barnes and Noble Store but it said the page couldn’t be found. Is there any other way to purchase it?
December 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm
At the moment, the book is exclusive to Kindle.
The good news is, for the next five days, 12/11/2011 – 12/16-2011 the book is free.
You can download the Kindle for PC program, or the kindle app for any smartphone for free as well.
Thanks for your comment, i’m glad you’ve enjoyed the story!
December 21, 2011 at 7:09 am
I recently purchased your book for my kindle and noticed that it had a few spelling errors, it didn’t distract me from the story at all shockingly enough. Haven’t read it fully but so far it’s pretty good!
December 21, 2011 at 10:31 am
I’m glad you’re enjoying the book! I apologize for any spelling errors, if you’d like you can send an email with any errors you’ve noticed to me at (victortookes at gmail dot com)
January 12, 2012 at 10:04 am
I’ve been waiting for the third book to be released on kindle. I hope it’s released soon because I really enjoyed the first two!
February 29, 2012 at 1:31 pm
I agree! Any idea when it will come out on the Kindle? I’m dying to read it.
February 26, 2012 at 11:56 pm
I’m checking every day for updates!
February 27, 2012 at 9:32 pm
You can follow the blog at the very top or on the right side, click the ‘follow’ button. You can also like the facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/whatzombiesfear
March 22, 2012 at 4:09 pm
This is a great zombie story! I really enjoyed it.
March 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Thanks John!
March 23, 2012 at 7:52 am
Victor,
Thanks for visiting and liking my blog! There is a lot of content here and I’m definitely going to be checking it out! I mean… Fiction and Zombies! What more does a guy need?
I’ve got a few other friends that love to read as well and I’ll refer them over to your blog for a check out! I don’t know if you plan on following my blog or just caught your attention with the “zombies” keyword, but that flagship game is definitely going to have “Zombie” NPCs in it.
I hope you’ll stay tuned and I shall return here to read some
R DePhillip
March 25, 2012 at 8:13 am
Hello friend,
Thanks for liking my post ,,,,,great stuff here,,,I’m pretty sure I’ll be back..
Terrific
-Peace
April 27, 2012 at 12:10 am
Hey theses are really cool, mind if I share the link?
April 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Share away, in a non-spammy way
April 28, 2012 at 2:19 pm
I bought all three books off of amazon and have read them all including what’s available of the rough draft of fracture. I love these books I can’t stop reading once I start. You’ve truly got something great here and I can’t wait for the arrival of every new chapter, please continue the good work. Also if you have any advice for an aspiring writer please feel free to email me. My family loves my work but I can’t ever seem to finish a story. I seem to criticize my own work and never feel like its good enough. So please any advice would be great, and like I said thanks for the awesome read.
April 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Totally unfair making the first volume free on Kindle! Now I’m hooked. Thank goodness the rest are inexpensive because I would pay full price and then my wife would be mad at me.
April 29, 2012 at 3:11 pm
I’m really glad you enjoyed it. Please join us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/whatzombiesfear And as always, reviews on amazon rule!
May 1, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Hi, Im so happy to have found this website. I am a huge Zombie book fan and have read about 80 books so far and I just finished WZF. I LOVE IT! Best book I have read so far! I literally did not want to put this story down. Im so happy to see more books in the series. Keep them coming
Thanks for creating such wonderful characters, that I really cared about. Tonight I start on book 2. Thank you.
May 2, 2012 at 6:38 am
So glad you enjoyed the book! I’d really appreciate it if you would leave a review on Amazon. Also, please join the FB page http://www.facebook.com/whatzombiesfear.
May 14, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Awesome book I just finished the first one!! Normally not a zombie fan but this one held my attention and I finished it in a day, can’t wait to start book 2.
May 15, 2012 at 11:57 am
These books are awesome!!!! I cant pit them down once I start reading. Great work.
May 16, 2012 at 3:27 pm
just got into these books from a recomendation on amazon and have now bought the first three on kindle will the forth be available for kindle as i use mine a lot. These are the best books i have ever read bar none and carnt wait to start the forth
May 16, 2012 at 3:49 pm
The fourth is looking like mid June for a release date. I hope you’ll leave that same review on amazon! Thank you so much for reading, I’m always excited to hear from readers who like the series.
May 19, 2012 at 3:40 am
Thankyou for you quick reply what a change to talk to an author who has time and cares for his readers. I have posted feed back on amazon under taz508 please read it as I mean every word and will be waiting on edge for the release of your forth book in june. Please continue with these books they are absolutly brillient