Edited by Stephen Jones.
The Dead Walk Among Us! Of all the ghoulish
monsters, zombies are the most horrific. Reanimated corpses of real
people — perhaps even a former friend or relative — these undead brethren
rise from the grave to devour your delicious, living flesh. Far more
sophisticated than the brain-eating mobs popularized in movies, zombies
are as diverse as living humans, and this collection presents the
complete blood-rich history of zombie literature set in the early 19th
century, the Great Depression and the futuristic zombie apocalypse of
tomorrow. Bringing together the greatest zombie authors — Stephen King,
Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert
E. Howard, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, Kim Newman, Michael
Marshall Smith, Joe Hill, and many others —
The Dead That Walks offers terrifying tales of dread that will drag you screaming into a
nightmare world where dissolution does not mean the end and those who
survive are next on the menu.
Contents:
- Introduction: Shoot'em in the Brain by Stephen Jones
- Where There's a Will by Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson
- For the Good of All by Yvonne Navarro
- The Things He Said by Michael Marshall Smith
- The Last Resort by Mark Samuels
- Bobby Conroy Comes Back From the Dead by Joe Hill
- The Crossing of Aldo Ray by Weston Ochse
- Obsequy by David J. Schow
- Zombonia by Nancy Holder
- Cool Air by H. P. Lovecraft
- Call First by Ramsey Campbell
- Joe and Abel in the Field of Rest by Lisa Morton
- Midnight at the Body Farm by Brian Keene
- Dead to the World by Gary McMahon
- The Long Dead Day by Joe. R. Lansdale
- A Call to Temple by Kelly Dunn
- Haeckel's Tale by Clive Barker
- The Rulebook by Christopher Fowler
- Black Canaan by Robert E. Howard
- The Silent Majority by Stephen Woodworth
- Sensible City by Harlan Ellison
- Granny's Grinning by Robert Shearman
- Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue or: Children of Marx and Coca Cola by Kim Newman
- Tell Me Like You Done Before by Scott Edelman
- Home Delivery by Stephen King
