Zombies : more recent dead

The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the twenty-first century: they are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves—and our fascination with death, resurrection, and survival—as our love for the supernatural or post-apocalyptic speculation. Our most imaginative literary minds have been devoured by these incredible creatures and produced exciting, insightful, and unflinching new works of zombie fiction. We've again dug up the best stories published in the last few years and compiled them into an anthology to feed your insatiable hunger . . . CONTENTS Return of the Preshamble • Paula Guran The Afflicted • Matthew Johnson Dead Song • Jay Wilburn Iphigenia in Aulis • Mike Carey Pollution • Don Webb Becca at the End of the World • Shira Lipkin The Naturalist • Maureen F. McHugh Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE) • Alex Dally MacFarlane What Maisie Knew • David Liss Rocket Man • Stephen Graham Jones The Day the Music Died • Joe McKinney The Children’s Hour • Marge Simon Delice • Holly Newstein Trail of Dead • Joanne Anderton The Death and Life of Bob • William Jablonsky Stemming the Tide • Simon Strantzas Those Beneath the Bog • Jacques L. Condor (Maka Tai Meh) What Still Abides • Marie Brennan Jack and Jill • Jonathan Maberry In the Dreamtime of Lady Resurrection • Caitlín R. Kiernan Rigormarole • Michael A. Arnzen Kitty’s Zombie New Year • Carrie Vaughn The Gravedigger of Konstan Spring • Genvieve Valentine Chew • Tamsyn Muir ’Til Death Do Us Part • Shaun Jeffrey There Is No “E” in Zombi Which Means There Can Be No You or We • Roxane Gay What Once We Feared • Carrie Ryan The Harrowers • Eric Gregory Resurgam • Lisa Mannetti I Waltzed with a Zombie • Ron Goulart Aftermath • Joy Kennedy-O’Neill A Shepherd of the Valley • Maggie Slater The Day the Saucers Came • Neil Gaiman Love, Resurrected • Cat Rambo Present • Nicole Kornher-Stace The Hunt: Before, and the Aftermath • Joe R. Lansdale Bit Rot • Charles Stross Version : 5.0 The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the 21st century: They are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves - and our fascination with death, resurrection, and survival - as our love for the supernatural or post-apocalyptic speculation. Our most imaginative literary minds have been devoured by these incredible creatures and produced exciting, insightful, and unflinching new works of zombie fiction. We've again dug up the best stories published in the last few years and compiled them into an anthology to feed your insatiable hunger. 2014 Paula Guran (P)2014 Audible Inc. Joanne Anderton, Trail of Dead Michael Arnzen, Rigormarole (poem) Marie Brennan, What Still Abides Mike Carey, Iphigenia in Aulis Jacques L. Condor (Mak a Tai Meh), Those Beneath the Bog Neil Gaiman, The Day the Saucers Came (poem) Roxane Gay, There is No E' in Zombi Which Means There Can Be No You Or We Ron Goulart, I Waltzed with a Zombie Eric Gregory, The Harrowers William Jablonsky, The Death and Life of Bob Shaun Jeffrey, Til Death Do Us Part Matthew Johnson, The Afflicted Stephen Graham Jones, Rocket Man Joy Kennedy-O'Neill Aftermath Caitln R. Kiernan, In The Dreamtime of Lady Resurrection Nicole Kornher-Stace, Present Joe R. Lansdale, The Hunt: Before and The Aftermath Shira Lipkin, Becca at the End of the World David Liss, What Maisie Knew Jonathan Maberry, Jack & Jill Alex Dally MacFarlane, Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE) Maureen McHugh, The Naturalist Lisa Mannetti, Resurgam Joe McKinney, The Day the Music Died Tamsyn Muir, Chew Holly Newstein, Delice Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected Carrie Ryan, What We Once Feared Marge Simon, The Childrens Hour (poem) Maggie Slater, A Shepherd of the Valley Simon Strantzas, Stemming the Tide Charles Stross, Bit Rot Genevieve Valentine, The Gravedigger of Konstan Spring Carrie Vaughn, Kittys Zombie New Year Don Webb, Pollution Jay Wilburn, Dead Song "The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the twenty-first century: they are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves--and our fascination with death, resurrection, and survival--as our love the supernatural or post-apocalyptic speculation. Our most imaginative literary minds have been devoured by these incredible creatures and produced exciting, insightful, and unflinching new works of zombie fiction. We've again dug up the best stories--even some poetry--publish in the last few years and compiled them into an anthology to feed your insatiable hunger"--Page 4 of cover. The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the twenty-first century: they are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves#8212;and our fascination with death, resurrection, and survival#8212;as our love for the supernatural or post-apocalyptic speculation. Our most imaginative literary minds have been devoured by these incredible creatures and produced exciting, insightful, and unflinching new works of zombie fiction. We've again dug up the best stories published in the last few years and compiled them into an anthology to feed your insatiable hunger . . The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the twenty-first century: they are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves - and our fascination with death, resurrection, and survival - as our love for the supernatural or post-apocalyptic speculation. Our most imaginative literary minds have been devoured by these incredible creatures and produced exciting, insightful, and unflinching new works of zombie fiction. We've again dug up the best stories published in the last few years and compiled them into an anthology to feed your insatiable hunger ..