Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when you've lost as much as he has. But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun has a newfound interest in life. Because she brings news-he may have put down the monster who attacked them, but the conspiracy is far from dead. Now, Shaun hits the road to find what truth can be found at the end of a shotgun. Newsflesh FeedDeadlineBlackout For more from Mira Grant, check out: ParasitologyParasiteSymbiont Chimera Newsflesh Short FictionApocalypse Scenario #683: The BoxCountdownSan Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California BrowncoatsHow Green This Land, How Blue This SeaThe Day the Dead Came to Show and TellPlease Do Not Taunt the Octopus
Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when you've lost as much as he has. But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun has a newfound interest in life. Because she brings news-he may have put down the monster who attacked them, but the conspiracy is far from dead. Now, Shaun hits the road to find what truth can be found at the end of a shotgun. Newsflesh FeedDeadlineBlackout For more from Mira Grant, check out: ParasitologyParasiteSymbiont Chimera Newsflesh Short FictionApocalypse Scenario #683: The BoxCountdownSan Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California BrowncoatsHow Green This Land, How Blue This SeaThe Day the Dead Came to Show and TellPlease Do Not Taunt the Octopus
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Blending post-apocalyptic horror with detailed virology and investigative journalism, speculative fiction exploring post-zombie outbreak societies achieved major critical attention through the Newsflesh series. Mira Grant, the open science fiction pseudonym of California author Seanan McGuire, introduced this narrative universe in 2010 with the novel Feed, establishing a world where online reporters navigate political intrigue, corporate conspiracies, and viral threats in the wake of an epidemic.
Grant's fiction grounds apocalyptic concepts in realistic biological science, medical pathology, and media dynamics. Her speculative works have earned widespread recognition in science fiction and horror, including Hugo Award nominations for her full-length novels and shorter fiction.
Grant was born and raised in Northern California, where she developed an early interest in horror cinema, viral pathology, and zombie lore. During her college years, she was voted Most Likely to Summon Something Horrible in the Cornfield and co-founded the Horror Movie Sleep-Away Survival Camp, where her time record in the 'Swamp Cannibals' scenario remains unchallenged. Writing under her real name, Seanan McGuire, she became the recipient of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She currently lives in a crumbling farmhouse in Northern California with an assortment of cats, comic books, horror movies, and books on infectious diseases. When not writing, she audits college virology courses, travels, and watches horror films, frequently visiting favorite destinations including Seattle, London, and a haunted corn maze near Huntsville, Alabama.
Grant's horror and speculative fiction is characterized by a strong grounding in plausible scientific mechanisms, virology, biological modification, and corporate ethics. Rather than relying on purely supernatural elements, her stories examine how human political systems, media networks, and medical institutions respond to sudden biological catastrophes. Recurring themes across her work include the unintended consequences of medical engineering, government secrecy, forced quarantine conditions, and the resilience of truth-seeking journalists during crises.
5 books in catalog
Blending post-apocalyptic horror with detailed virology and investigative journalism, speculative fiction exploring post-zombie outbreak societies achieved major critical attention through the Newsflesh series. Mira Grant, the open science fiction pseudonym of California author Seanan McGuire, introduced this narrative universe in 2010 with the novel Feed, establishing a world where online reporters navigate political intrigue, corporate conspiracies, and viral threats in the wake of an epidemic.
Grant's fiction grounds apocalyptic concepts in realistic biological science, medical pathology, and media dynamics. Her speculative works have earned widespread recognition in science fiction and horror, including Hugo Award nominations for her full-length novels and shorter fiction.
Grant was born and raised in Northern California, where she developed an early interest in horror cinema, viral pathology, and zombie lore. During her college years, she was voted Most Likely to Summon Something Horrible in the Cornfield and co-founded the Horror Movie Sleep-Away Survival Camp, where her time record in the 'Swamp Cannibals' scenario remains unchallenged. Writing under her real name, Seanan McGuire, she became the recipient of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She currently lives in a crumbling farmhouse in Northern California with an assortment of cats, comic books, horror movies, and books on infectious diseases. When not writing, she audits college virology courses, travels, and watches horror films, frequently visiting favorite destinations including Seattle, London, and a haunted corn maze near Huntsville, Alabama.
Grant's horror and speculative fiction is characterized by a strong grounding in plausible scientific mechanisms, virology, biological modification, and corporate ethics. Rather than relying on purely supernatural elements, her stories examine how human political systems, media networks, and medical institutions respond to sudden biological catastrophes. Recurring themes across her work include the unintended consequences of medical engineering, government secrecy, forced quarantine conditions, and the resilience of truth-seeking journalists during crises.
