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Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:

Special Preview: Pride & Prejudce & Zombies, The Graphic Novel

“It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” I think that goes for zombie-lovers, too.

Exclusive: Alcott’s Little Women & Werewolves 1868 Rejection Letter

At first, it’s tough not to dispel Del Ray’s upcoming Little Women & Werewolves ($14, Amazon) as just another literary mash-up. After all, there are almost too many monster-infused titles to separate the good from the groan-worthy.

Pride & Prejudice & Prequels: Mash-Up Author Talks Austen & Zombies

Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, [...]

E-Readers Get Free First Bite Into Austen Zombie Prequel “Dawn of the Dreadfuls”

Can’t wait for the latest installment of a zombified Jane Austen world? Don’t.

Landscape Paintings: The Monster Remix

You know there’s nothing I like more than a little monster-infused anything. That said, it’s no surprise that I love these paintings that have been snatched up from thrift stores and flea markets and altered to include dinosaurs, killer robots and giant squids. I think it’s an improvement, really.

Burton to Produce Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

I know, I’m squealing with glee too.

Your First Look: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

Tomorrow, Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter will hit bookstores, muddling vampirism into the story of our sixteenth president. Grahame-Smith was also responsible for juggernaut Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a delicious zombie infusion of the Jane Austen classic that has spurred a whole line of monster mashing books and a film that will star [...]