Amanda Helms

Tag: zombies

  • A post inspired by a misreading of a random blog post idea generator

    So I was playing around with a blog post idea generator and misread the suggested topic as: “The best chainsaw gas stations.” Which confused me for a moment, because how is a chainsaw gas station different from your regular gas station? Then I went back and reread, and was a bit disappointed, because you have to…

  • Hortense Montgomery, Zombie Hunter, Gets Spiced [partial draft]

    Because I’m lazy/working on getting my site fully moved over to my new host/working on a longer, More Serious post (which nevertheless involves a cartoon), I’m pulling a post that has been languishing in my draft folder for over six months. Maybe eventually I’ll come back to it and do the whole story and recipe…

  • 3 features I’d like my next car to have

    Continuing with my “simple conceit that allows for regular posting,” I herein list three features I would like in my next car.   1. Alternative fuel capabilties of some sort   2. GPS   3. Lasers   All of which I think would come in very handy in event of zombie apocalypse.  I mean, assuming…

  • Fudgy Mint Zombie-Distracting Brownies

    Carefully, Hortense placed the last bit of crumbled brand-name minty chocolate sandwich cookies atop the pale green frosting. Hand on her lower back to ease the kink, she leaned back. Yes, she thought, these particular brownies would appeal to Eveleen and Joe Junior. A small smile spread across her face as she envisioned the joy…

  • Post the first

    Hi. Future posts will include recipes. This one does not. If you think about this site like you would a cookbook, cookbooks don’t dive right into the recipes. There’s a table of contents and maybe a dedications page and quite frequently an introduction. All the lead-in material. And maybe most people don’t read it, but…