Joan Frances Turner crafts narratives that delve into the perspective of the undead, exploring their struggles against time, decay, and encroaching humanity. Her approach offers a unique lens on themes of loss, identity, and the lingering echoes of life. Turner's work distinguishes itself by examining existence from the brink of oblivion, presenting a profound post-human meditation on mortality. She skillfully blends elements of horror with deeply resonant explorations of memory and what it means to persist.
Being human is a disadvantage in post-apocalyptic America ...Since a devastating, morphing plague swept through human and zombie populations, almost everyone who survived is an 'ex' these days. Ex-human. Ex-zombie. Both creatures crave flesh, have the strength and speed of predators - and what seems like immortality.
After she was buried, Jessie awoke and tore through the earth to arise, reborn, as a zombie. Jessie's gang is the Fly-by-Nights. She loves the ancient, skeletal Florian and his memories of time gone by. She's in love with Joe, a maggot-infested corpse. They fight, hunt, dance together as one- something humans can never understand.