FInal Thoughts

The Feeding: AWIU Final Thoughts

Nasty buggers, aren’t they?

I couldn’t tell you when I came up with “The Feeding”, or “The Feeding Horde”, but I can say that the name and the concept, arrived pretty close to each other, if not simultaneously. The cool thing about a story like this, is for a while you weren’t sure, what the creatures were. You might have suspected it was zombies, or “infected”, but holding some cards, until the end was fun.

As you probably know by now, calling “The Feeding” zombies, is an oversimplification. The advantage of doing my own jazz riff on the concept, is I get to make up the rules. Fast zombies and slow zombies are both staples of entertainment, especially now, so years ago I got the idea, to combine the two monsters together. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter, and if you haven’t tried that dip, you should (soft pretzels!).

I don’t know if I should mention food, at this point.

Some more regarding the creation: What happens to their mouths before they feed was the driving point, to get me to work more on the concept. They were thought up, sometime before the release of the “Blade II” movie. I remember watching that film and thinking, that reapers were almost like The Feeding-version of vampires.

Let’s talk about the parasite, for a moment here. When I was creating the concept, I decided that it’d be cool, to come up with a type of zombie, that wasn’t created by a virus. That would mean, that you can get bit as much you like, but you’re not going to turn, unless something else specific happened. It also meant, that dealing with the problem wasn’t as obvious, as “shoot them in the head”; you do that, in this case, you might be in trouble,

Regarding the origin of the parasite, I know it, but I’m not telling. Not yet, anyway. If you’ll notice, the title of this short story has a colon in it. That was very deliberate. I’m opening the door for more, and better stories on this topic, down the line.

I can’t say when. I have some other plans that this derailed me from, at least for a little while, but that’s cool. One thing you have to accept, as an author, is you’re going to have flights of fancy, and suddenly decide to go in a different creative direction, on a whim. I think that’s something you have to always remain open to. It’s a cost of being creative.

As always, it’s @ChannelSeals. I’ll let you know, when I’m up to something else. Blogger won’t be able, to contain all of it,

-Later!

B.A.S.