The Newest in Mash-Up Lit.
First there was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, then Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Later this month, Quirk Classics will release a prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies called Dawn of the Dreadfuls, which will give the backstory of the zombie plague and how Elizabeth Bennett became a “savage slayer of the undead.” In June, Quirk will depart from Jane Austen with the publication of Android Karenina.
Now other publishers are venturing into the arena of mash-up lit. Del Rey will release Little Women and Werewolves in May. We are expecting Grand Central Publishing’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith, to arrive tomorrow. Below is a graphic book trailer featuring honest Abe, a vampire, and an axe. (Don’t watch it if you’re squeamish!)
