Even at Bela Lugosi University, a school for the monsters of movie and nightmares, there has always been a hierarchy that has seen vampires and werewolves at the top and zombies as the lowest of the low. They are the targets of the pranks by the vampires, taunted (and sprayed on) by the werewolves, no one stands up for them against any of this. It's just the way it has been and always will be. But one day things come to a head after one "joke" too many goes too far. Now the zombies are marching for justice..if only someone could understand what they are saying.
A fun tale of what a monster university could be like but I also feel like with much of his work, he is tackling some underlying cultural themes that are dominant today. I think this could be the set-up to a much longer piece that would be hilarious and thought-provoking to read. I can only hope. It's been too long since we've had a new S.G. Browne novel!
Page count: 20p/1,250p ytd/293,271p lifetime
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