About Adele A. Lugosi

Toronto After Dark Film Festival knows that Zombie Night is one of their biggest nights, and these films tend to be some of the highlights of the festival. This year was no exception. Dead Snow played in the festival in 2009, and went on to win the Audience Choice Award and generated a buzz for the film in Toronto. I remember the Toronto Zombie Walk that year had plenty of Herzog-esque zombies. When the Toronto After Dark team announced the sequel, I knew it would be among one of the first screenings that would sell out; I was right.

Saturday night programming at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival is usually Zombie night, so why is there a Beaver coming up on stage? Justin McConnell, programmer at Toronto After Dark Film Festival, is known for his creative introductions. Tonight is no exception. Justin walks onto the stage dressed in a full Beaver Costume and he must have been sweating under those hot spot lights. One can assume that the outfit goes along with the animal theme of tonight’s films, Zombeavers, and Day 40.

Mid-October is an exciting time for Toronto genre film lovers.  The Toronto After Dark (TADFF)  is one of the largest film festivals in Toronto. The festival is in its …
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YA Science Fiction author, Karen Sandler, talks with NerdSpan Bookworm Adele A. Lugosi about her Tankborn series and her love of science fiction with its endless possibilities and creative freedom.

Genetically Engineered Nonhuman (GEN) best friends Kayla and Mishalla know they will be separated soon to begin their work assignments. Mishalla is assigned a poor orphanage while Kayla is sent to look after an old patriarch of a high class family. Within the first few months into their jobs, Mishalla and Kayla begin to realize that they have been playing a part an underground movement. Piece by piece, they uncover secrets and mysteries…

Richard Mayhew is a normal guy. He’s got a normal job and he gets along with his co-workers. He’s got a beautiful girlfriend whom he sort of wants to marry one day. On the way to an important dinner with his girlfriend’s boss …

YA author Steven dos Santos, YA author, discusses his gripping new dystopian series, The Torch Keeper, in his interview with NerdSpan. He talks how he used his own nightmares to create the story’s setting, and how sexual orientation played into his society.

Every year, the Establishment draws five candidates for the Recruitment, training for the chance to enter into the elite military force known as The Imposers. Recruits are forced through a series of obstacles and tasks to make it through to the next level. If a recruit loses a challenge, then they are faced with a terrible choice.

Reached is the final installment of Ally Condie’s Matched trilogy. The main characters, Ky, Cassia, and Xander are all in separate locations working for the rebel force, the Rising. Cassia is located in Central province, Xander is a physic working in the outer provinces, and Ky is training to be a pilot. When the Society begins to infects its population with a plague, the Rising sweeps in with a cure and assumes control. To some, however, the Rebel takeover seemed a little too easy and smooth. The New Regime is put to test when the plague mutates and renders the Rising’s cure useless. In a refreshing take on the dystopian trend, Reached explores the thought process of a leader and the sacrifices one must make for the “greater good.”

Set on the RMS Titanic, Theodor Weiss, is carrying the key to the zombie apocalypse, a black like substance called, “The Toxic.” When the Toxic is stolen by a German agent and the virus is released onto the ship’s lower deck, a team of strangers come together to try and stop the disease from spreading. Onion Contributors, Chris Pauls and Matt Solomon, have managed in their novel to not only blend together multiple historical events but also to give a new take on certain zombie conventions.