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  Lastly, isn’t it curious that Dean and Kerry Anne never had children?

  In his nonfiction book on horror fiction and pop culture in the United States, Danse Macabre, Stephen King wrote: “I recognize terror as the finest emotion…, and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find I cannot terrify him/her, I will try to horrify; and if I find I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud.”

  Well, I am. Why not go for all three at the same time?

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  Thank you for reading

  Open Wide

  I strive to write the best stories possible

  and would love to know your thoughts on this one.

  Did you like it? How did it meet your expectations?

  If it didn’t, how might I improve it?

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  All my best,

  Saul

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  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  My undying thanks to the devoted staff of Brinestone Press for their keen eye and gentle but firm touch in helping me bring this story to life, for believing every step of the way that I could raise the dead.

  To my devoted fans and followers on Twitter (http://twitter.com/saultanpepper), especially the zombie apocalypse junkies. Everything’s better with the #zombie hashtag.

  My deepest gratitude goes to my family for their unflagging support. Without them, I would not be able to create worlds with such richness to them.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Saul Tanpepper is a writer of speculative fiction for teens and adults. A former molecular geneticist originally from Upstate New York, he now calls Northern California home.

  If you enjoyed Open Wide, please check out the short story collection Shorting the Undead and Other Horrors: A Menagerie of Macabre Mini-fiction, available in digital and print form. Additional titles from this collection also available singly in electronic format. His second collection, Insomnia: Paranormal Tales, Science Fiction, and Horror was published in 2012.

  Also check out his dystopian thriller series GAMELAND.

  For more information about the author and his writings, please check out his website and Facebook pages:

  tanpepperwrites.com

  GAMELAND home page

  Facebook Pages

  Author page

  GAMELAND

  Tanpepper books

  Welcome to

  GAMELAND!

  Get a sneak peek at the new high-tech thriller from the author of The Scenario Egg

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  SERIES DESCRIPTION:

  Six young gamers, coders and hackers break into Long Island's Gameland, a militarized wasteland once abandoned to the Infected Undead and now reclaimed by Arc Properties, a corporation with government ties and a pioneer in the burgeoning field of reality gaming. But while breaking into The Game turns out to be a lot easier than they could have ever imagined, breaking out is one hell of a killer.

  GAMELAND home page

  Also check out the prequel to GAMELAND

  A geneticist creates an experimental antidote against a synthetic military virus for reanimating the dead. Hoping to avert a global human disaster, he tests it on himself, first administering the zombie virus and allowing the infection to run its course. A series of dramatic voice recordings leaves witnesses little doubt of the experiment's spectacular—and horrific—outcome.

  Visit Saul’s Author Page on Amazon.com