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Photo by Louis Urbanowski on October 09, 2026. May be an image of poster, book, magazine and text.
Photo by Louis Urbanowski on October 09, 2026. May be an illustration of poster, magazine and text.
Photo by Louis Urbanowski on October 09, 2026. May be a graphic of poster, book, magazine and text.
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Posted On: October 9th 2026, 05:24 pm
COVER REVEAL. 🥛🧟

Here it is. THE MILKS. A British zombie horror-comedy, set in stunning… Stevenage.

Out HALLOWEEN 2026.

You know that conversation down the pub where everyone reckons they’d survive the zombie apocalypse? Tom Nowak has had it. He’s explained the whole thing. Probably more than once.

Unfortunately, his mates were listening.

Now they’ve followed his drunken survival plan and he has to cross ten miles of Stevenage to find them. He’s twenty-nine, hungover and still needs his mum to make him a fry-up. He barely left the house when people weren’t trying to eat him.

And these zombies are learning. They leak white fluid from every orifice, mimic his laugh and repeat his mum’s screams.

He calls them The Milks.

Shaun of the Dead meets The Girl with All the Gifts—except our protagonist has none.

Swipe for the blurb and a few zombie tropes Tom thinks he understands. Add it to your TBR if you’re here for:

🍺 Big talk in the pub, then having to back it up
🥛 The dead getting cleverer while you’re still hungover
🔨 Finding out how much those films actually taught you
🇬🇧 Grief, growing up and trying to get across Stevenage

Thank you to Andrew at Author Elevator for the cover. The milk bottle has had a terrible day.

It took the end of the world for Tom to start living. And it might just be the death of him.

HALLOWEEN 2026. 🎃

#ZombieBooks #HorrorComedy #BritishHumour #HorrorBooks #bookstagram
Comments (86)
gabsreadsromance 7 days ago

gabsreadsromance

Such a cool cover!! 🔥

tim_simons_writer 7 days ago

tim_simons_writer

Love it!!! 🧟‍♂️ + 🥛 = ❤️

s.e.bolanos_writer 7 days ago

s.e.bolanos_writer

This is awesome 👏👏👏👏

r.b.holmes 7 days ago

r.b.holmes

Gaaarrrgh!! Looks bloody awesome, brother! ❤️❤️❤️

topherdauthor 7 days ago

topherdauthor

So excited! 🙌🙌🙌

amy.moore.writes 7 days ago

amy.moore.writes

Oooooh! So cool! Great cover!

jordanpomeroy 7 days ago

jordanpomeroy

It looks bloody great mate ❤️

karencwriter 7 days ago

karencwriter

Looks awesome, loving the back cover blurb.👏🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️🙌

msdippel 7 days ago

msdippel

That's a sexy cover 👏🏼

kristysheedauthor 7 days ago

kristysheedauthor

Looks excellent 👌

happiness_recharge 7 days ago

happiness_recharge

Well done! Clean, intriguing, gross yet tasteful. Brilliant.

booksbyleema 7 days ago

booksbyleema

That cover is 💯 😍👌🏼 love it 🔥

b.c.shurley 7 days ago

b.c.shurley

Brilliant!

allurheimofficial 7 days ago

allurheimofficial

I cannot wait to have this book in my hands! I need a signed copy! 😆💛 🥛 Honestly, it was so much more than a horror. I cried, I laughed, I felt sick. I know you're set on being indie, but this book fully deserves to be on all the supermarket shelves, Waterstones shelves, everywhere. I want a TV spin off.

urbwrites 7 days ago

urbwrites

@booksbyleema check the back cover quote

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