Since zombies are not fully dead, they upset the essential balance of nature: no animals eat zombies, apparently, and zombies do not seem to decay, a…

- Kim Paffenroth

Zombies are then a symbol of our own mad urges to destroy ourselves, and a terrifying portent that we might succeed.

- Kim Paffenroth

The zombie threat is made worse by the fact that their victims then turn into the creature that attacked them. This too is similar to other monsters …

- Kim Paffenroth