by Jason Joyner | Mar 27, 2012 | Blog, CSFF, Imaginary Jesus, Matt Mikalatos, monsters, Night of the Living Dead Christian, zombies as literature
Yesterday I asked if you were ready.
If you’re back today, I’m assuming you are.
The CSFF Tour is featuring a book with a very intriguing title. Night Of The Living Dead Christian.
You’d think it would be the most interesting book we’ve ever featured. However, it has to settle for a tie.
The tie is with a book called
My Imaginary Jesus (known then as
Imaginary Jesus), which features time travel, sledding mishaps, and talking donkeys chasing after the real Jesus among a multitude of fake ones.
Oh, and they’re both by the same warped mind: Matt Mikalatos*.
These books are unique. They are fiction, but the main character is Matt himself, inserted into a wacky world where anything can happen. They preach more than any other novel you’ll read this year, but they are so fun you won’t really notice. Matt manages to poke fun and satirize the Church, our religious goofiness, and himself whle making the reader laugh. Then the reader will be asking what kind of monster they could be.
In Night Of The Living Dead Christian, intrepid Matt is the lone Neighborhood Watchman for his street. After happening upon a mad scientist, his android sidekick, and a horde of zombies, he finally ends up doing something interesting.
He meets a Lutheran werewolf. His name: Luther Anne Martin.
Luther seems like a perfectly decent fellow. Other than he’s a Lutheran but not a Christian. He has a wife and daughter. But they’ve moved out because Luther has an itch he can’t quite scratch. At least, not in his human form.
Lycanthropes have much sharper claws with which to itch.
Matt, being the helpful fellow he is, and being stuck in his own story, tries to help Luther make a transformation for good rather than evil. Along the way they dodge well-dressed zombies, a reluctant vampire, and Matt’s pregnant wife in their quest.
Confused? Yeah, you’re just going to have to read it.
I’ll have more on the meat of the story tomorrow, but how about a fun little quiz? What type of monster would you be out of the list below? Leave a comment explaining your choice. I promise I’ll…try to think up something clever for the type that gets the most votes. [And Matt has even provided a guide to help your choice. Sweet!]
- Vampire
- Werewolf
- Gargantuan
- Mummy
- Invisible Person
- Mad Scientist
- Troll
- Robot (Androids and Cyborgs count too)
- Sasquatches
- Troll
- Zombie
For even more interactive fun, Becky Miller lists all the current posts for the CSFF Tour at her website. So hurry on over and see what others are saying.
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*Nobody noticed my dangling asterix. When I crossed through warped in describing Matt, I realized it takes one to know one…
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by Jason Joyner | Mar 27, 2012 | Blog, CSFF, Imaginary Jesus, Matt Mikalatos, monsters, Night of the Living Dead Christian, zombies as literature
Yesterday I asked if you were ready.
If you’re back today, I’m assuming you are.
The CSFF Tour is featuring a book with a very intriguing title. Night Of The Living Dead Christian.
You’d think it would be the most interesting book we’ve ever featured. However, it has to settle for a tie.
The tie is with a book called
My Imaginary Jesus (known then as
Imaginary Jesus), which features time travel, sledding mishaps, and talking donkeys chasing after the real Jesus among a multitude of fake ones.
Oh, and they’re both by the same warped mind: Matt Mikalatos*.
These books are unique. They are fiction, but the main character is Matt himself, inserted into a wacky world where anything can happen. They preach more than any other novel you’ll read this year, but they are so fun you won’t really notice. Matt manages to poke fun and satirize the Church, our religious goofiness, and himself whle making the reader laugh. Then the reader will be asking what kind of monster they could be.
In Night Of The Living Dead Christian, intrepid Matt is the lone Neighborhood Watchman for his street. After happening upon a mad scientist, his android sidekick, and a horde of zombies, he finally ends up doing something interesting.
He meets a Lutheran werewolf. His name: Luther Anne Martin.
Luther seems like a perfectly decent fellow. Other than he’s a Lutheran but not a Christian. He has a wife and daughter. But they’ve moved out because Luther has an itch he can’t quite scratch. At least, not in his human form.
Lycanthropes have much sharper claws with which to itch.
Matt, being the helpful fellow he is, and being stuck in his own story, tries to help Luther make a transformation for good rather than evil. Along the way they dodge well-dressed zombies, a reluctant vampire, and Matt’s pregnant wife in their quest.
Confused? Yeah, you’re just going to have to read it.
I’ll have more on the meat of the story tomorrow, but how about a fun little quiz? What type of monster would you be out of the list below? Leave a comment explaining your choice. I promise I’ll…try to think up something clever for the type that gets the most votes. [And Matt has even provided a guide to help your choice. Sweet!]
- Vampire
- Werewolf
- Gargantuan
- Mummy
- Invisible Person
- Mad Scientist
- Troll
- Robot (Androids and Cyborgs count too)
- Sasquatches
- Troll
- Zombie
For even more interactive fun, Becky Miller lists all the current posts for the CSFF Tour at her website. So hurry on over and see what others are saying.
—
*Nobody noticed my dangling asterix. When I crossed through warped in describing Matt, I realized it takes one to know one…
—
by Jason Joyner | Mar 26, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
There are some things best left unexplored.
Do you really want to know what is behind the spooky door in the basement of the old abandoned house at the end of the street?
Do you really want to split up from your group in foggy woods on an otherwise warm summer night?
Do you really want to know what truly lives under your skin?
If you dare…
But don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Because right now, I just warned you. See that up there? That’s a warning. So, you’ve been warned, and you can’t say otherwise.
If you think this post is silly, then you might just be ready for Night Of The Living Dead Christian.
If you have contemplated what it means to be transformed (and I’m not talking about robot cars and more than meets the eye), if you want more from your life, and are tired of stuggling to become holy on your own…
 |
| Warning! |
And if you want to see if other people are being less cryptic than me, check below:
Gillian Adams
Julie Bihn
Red Bissell
Thomas Clayton Booher
Thomas Fletcher Booher
Keanan Brand
Beckie Burnham
Morgan L. Busse
Theresa Dunlap
Amber French
Tori Greene
Nikole Hahn
Ryan Heart
Bruce Hennigan
Janeen Ippolito
Becky Jesse
Carol Keen
Leighton
Shannon McDermott
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Nissa
Joan Nienhuis
John W. Otte
Crista Richey
Sarah Sawyer
Chawna Schroeder
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Shane Werlinger
Nicole White
Dave Wilson
—
by Jason Joyner | Mar 26, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
There are some things best left unexplored.
Do you really want to know what is behind the spooky door in the basement of the old abandoned house at the end of the street?
Do you really want to split up from your group in foggy woods on an otherwise warm summer night?
Do you really want to know what truly lives under your skin?
If you dare…
But don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Because right now, I just warned you. See that up there? That’s a warning. So, you’ve been warned, and you can’t say otherwise.
If you think this post is silly, then you might just be ready for Night Of The Living Dead Christian.
If you have contemplated what it means to be transformed (and I’m not talking about robot cars and more than meets the eye), if you want more from your life, and are tired of stuggling to become holy on your own…
|
| Warning! |
And if you want to see if other people are being less cryptic than me, check below:
Gillian Adams
Julie Bihn
Red Bissell
Thomas Clayton Booher
Thomas Fletcher Booher
Keanan Brand
Beckie Burnham
Morgan L. Busse
Theresa Dunlap
Amber French
Tori Greene
Nikole Hahn
Ryan Heart
Bruce Hennigan
Janeen Ippolito
Becky Jesse
Carol Keen
Leighton
Shannon McDermott
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Nissa
Joan Nienhuis
John W. Otte
Crista Richey
Sarah Sawyer
Chawna Schroeder
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Shane Werlinger
Nicole White
Dave Wilson
—
He meets a Lutheran werewolf. His name: Luther Anne Martin.