The Breeding

It began in New York. Then it spread. Zombies outnumber humans ten-to-one and they must retool the Earth to suit their needs. Capitalism has survived the Apocalypse and a billionaire zombie plans to cash in by opening a human breeding farm near Buffalo, New York. He will provide sustenance to his fellow zombies . . . at a price . . . . Remaining humans have been imprisoned, paired, made to breed and have been treated like the lower form of life that they have become. The strong will survive. The weak will perish.

Steve, a twenty-eight year old school teacher, and his kid sister Kayla have been incarcerated in the Western New York farm. There, he will reveal to her the secret that he’d hidden from her for her entire life. This secret can tear their relationship apart and threaten their chance for survival.

"It's an all-too-rare surprise and delight to discover writing as strong and evocative as Derek Clendening's. This is a writer whose work I look forward to reading more of, and whose career I look forward to following."

Michael Rowe, author of Enter, Night


“An innovative approach to vampire nature and society in the context of a realistic drama of teenage love and loss”

–Margaret L. Carter, author of Dark Changeling and Different Blood: The Vampire As Alien on The Vampire Way

“. . .emotional and seductive . . . Clendening had me on the edge of me seat, squirming, longing guiltily for these same forbidden pleasures. Longing for this same love . . .”

–Terrie Leigh Relf, editor of HUNGUR on The Vampire Way