READERS GUIDE

Reader’s Guide
ZOMROMCOM by Olivia Dade
Extremely Serious and Important Discussion Questions:

1. Under what circumstances is eating a cold burrito acceptable, even after it’s been used to swat a zombie’s snout? If you were designing a burrito as a zombie-fighting weapon, what toppings would you choose?

2. What other processed foods of mysterious provenance should Edie eat ostentatiously in front of Max? Which do you think would upset him the most? Does your list include Honey Bunches of Indeterminate Grain-Adjacent Food Pellets? Why or why not?

3. Would you rather wear macramé bikini briefs or a sheepskin thong? Which one would result in the most intractable and chafing wedgie?

4. What other lazy deployments of French stereotypes could Olivia Dade have included when discussing Enora the Explorer, in addition to evil mimes? Should Enora have been wearing a beret and carting a baguette with her on her adventures? Should all her quests have involved adding butter and heavy cream to various sauces? Why or why not?

5. If you were dedicating your own version of the Gaston song to Max, which grassland creature would you have him ostensibly fellating and why?

6. Should Dade have resisted the urge to make an Edward Cullen reference in her vampire romance, despite the vast temptation she was experiencing as she wrote? If so, how? No, really, please tell her how, because she clearly wasn’t capable of the feat.

7. If he weren’t counterfeiting money in an abandoned mall, what would Doug be doing for a living? Which secrets would he readily share about that job? And whatever work he might choose, how can we protect him at all costs?

8. Is there such a thing as too many orgasms? Why or why not? If someone gave you six orgasms and was unbearably smug about it, would you be willing to acknowledge all of them?

9. At which abandoned store in an old mall would you most like to be given an orgasm? If it isn’t the Gap, so you can snicker and say “C’mon, fall into my gap” to your partner(s), why not?