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Monday, 05 November 2007
Lauren Smith: Tell us about your latest book, Dead Souls. Dead Souls Michael Laimo: Dead Souls is a foray into religious horror. It tells two stories at once--one that takes place in the past, and one in the present. In the past, we learn the story of a minister, a religious nut who is convinced that he has cracked a code in the bible that proves Jesus's rise from the dead was due to a clandestine practice of Egyptian black magic. Convinced that he can grant himself and his family the same immortality he believes Jesus was after, he performs the ritual on his family...with dire results. In the present, we follow the story of a young man who receives an inheritance from a man he's never heard of before. He flees the turmoil of his life at home and enters into a realm of unimaginable horror. There's something for everyone here: zombies, black magic, suicide, crucifixions, mass murder, and much more. Dead Souls is inspired through my somewhat vague fear of the church. As a child, I was made to go to church against my will, probably because it bored me to tears. But as I came to understand what was going on, it scared me a bit. People were worshipping a story of a man who rose from the dead. A zombie. So, I took that 'concept' if you will, and turned it into a horror story.
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