Elegy for the Undead, Matthew Vesely
Elegy for the Undead, Matthew Vesely
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Elegy for the Undead
A Novella

Author: Matthew Vesely

Narrator: Daniel Henning, Charlie Thurston

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/01/2020


Synopsis

Jude and Lyle's newlywed life is shattered when a vicious attack leaves Lyle infected with a disease that transforms him into a violent and often incomprehensible person. With no cure for the "zombie" virus in sight, the young husbands begin to face the last months they have together before Lyle loses himself completely. Fond remembrances of young love meet the challenges of navigating a partner's terminal illness in this bittersweet tale that explores both how we fall in love and how we say goodbye when the time comes far too soon.

About Matthew Vesely

Matthew Vesely collects ironies. Usually, he's scribbling in his journal while somber music plays in the dark. But, when you meet him, he's more likely to be giddy talking about new books, reality TV, or dogs. Striving to portray real queer experiences through the lens of fiction-he lives, works, and writes in the Philadelphia area.


Reviews

3.5 Stars This is the kind of zombie fiction that really is not about the zombies. In fact, it might even appeal most to readers who don't normally read the subgenres. I personally love zombie stories, so I really enjoyed the more action driven scenes in this novella. However, the majority of the nar......more

Goodreads review by Shaun

I'm not really a fan of zombie stories, yet this is a zombie story and I am a fan. It's also a story about love and about two people learning how to love one another and then how to let each other go. Maybe it's just the isolation making me more maudlin than normal, but Jude and Lyle's story hit me......more

3.5 stars! A very different type of zombie story, although it wasn't without its heart racing and anxious scenes of running from and killing the undead! It's more that it uses the zombie genre as a lens to take a deep look at a gay relationship between two men who meet in high school, become friends......more