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An anthology of zombie short fiction from some of the biggest names in horror and speculative fiction - including Stephen King, George R. R. Martin and Neil Gaiman

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!

From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west.

Gathering together the best zombie literature of the last three decades from many of today's most renowned authors of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Joe R. Lansdale, The Living Dead covers the broad spectrum of zombie short fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The Living Dead) - (2008) - essay by John Joseph Adams
• This Year's Class Picture - (1992) - shortstory by Dan Simmons
• Some Zombie Contingency Plans - (2005) - novelette by Kelly Link
• Death and Suffrage - (2002) - novelette by Dale Bailey
• Ghost Dance - (2003) - shortstory by Sherman Alexie
• Blossom - (1989) - shortstory by David J. Schow
• The Third Dead Body - (1993) - shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• The Dead - (1996) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Dead Kid - (2002) - shortstory by Darrell Schweitzer
• Malthusian's Zombie - (2000) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Beautiful Stuff - (2004) - shortstory by Susan Palwick
• Sex, Death and Starshine - (1984) - novelette by Clive Barker
• Stockholm Syndrome - (2007) - shortstory by David Tallerman
• Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead - (2005) - shortstory by Joe Hill
• Those Who Seek Forgiveness - (2006) - shortstory by Laurell K. Hamilton
• In Beauty, Like the Night - (1992) - shortstory by Norman Partridge
• Prairie - (1997) - shortstory by Brian Evenson
• Everything Is Better with Zombies - (2006) - shortstory by Hannah Wolf Bowen
• Home Delivery - (1989) - novelette by Stephen King
• Less Than Zombie - (1989) - shortstory by Douglas E. Winter
• Sparks Fly Upward - (2005) - shortstory by Lisa Morton
• Meathouse Man - (1976) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Deadman's Road - (2007) - novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• The Skull-Faced Boy - (2002) - shortstory by David Barr Kirtley
• The Age of Sorrow - (2007) - shortstory by Nancy Kilpatrick
• Bitter Grounds - (2003) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• She's Taking Her Tits to the Grave - (2008) - shortstory by Catherine Cheek
• Dead Like Me - (2000) - shortstory by Adam-Troy Castro
• Zora and the Zombie - (2004) - novelette by Andy Duncan
• Calcutta, Lord of Nerves - (1992) - shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite
• Followed - (2006) - shortstory by Will McIntosh
• The Song the Zombie Sang - (1970) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
• Passion Play - (1992) - shortstory by Nancy Holder
• Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man - (2007) - novelette by Scott Edelman
• How the Day Runs Down - novelette by John Langan

The Living Dead 2 has more of what zombie fans hunger for -- more scares, more action, more... brains! Experience the indispensable series that defines the very best in zombie literature with original stories by Kelley Armstrong, Karina Sumner-Smith, Carrie Ryan, Jamie Lackey, Genevieve Valentine, Brian Keene, Simon R. Green, David Wellington, David Barr Kirtley, Matt London, Joe McKinney, Walter Greatshell, Bob Fingerman, S. G. Browne, Jonathan Maberry, Mira Grant, Marc Paoletti, cherie priest, Robert Kirkman, Max Brooks, David Moody, Sarah Langan, Steven Gould, and John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow. In addition to these original stories, The Living Dead 2 features 18 additional reprint zombie stories. All this adds up to a Landmark volume that helps define what zombie godfather John Skipp calls "The New Zombie Literature."

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The Living Dead 2) - essay by John Joseph Adams
• Alone, Together - novelette by Robert Kirkman
• Danger Word - (2004) - novelette by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
• Zombieville - (2010) - shortstory by Paula R. Stiles
• The Anteroom - shortstory by Adam-Troy Castro
• When the Zombies Win - shortstory by Karina Sumner-Smith
• Mouja - shortstory by Matt London
• Category Five - shortstory by Marc Paoletti
• Living with the Dead - (2008) - shortstory by Molly Brown
• Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco - (2000) - shortstory by Seth Lindberg
• The Mexican Bus - shortstory by Walter Greatshell
• The Other Side - shortstory by Jamie Lackey
• Where the Heart Was - (1993) - shortstory by David J. Schow
• Good People - shortstory by David Wellington
• Lost Canyon of the Dead - shortstory by Brian Keene
• Pirates vs. Zombies - shortstory by Amelia Beamer
• The Crocodiles - (2010) - novelette by Steven Popkes
• The Skull-Faced City - shortstory by David Barr Kirtley
• Obedience - (2009) - shortstory by Brenna Yovanoff
• Steve and Fred - shortstory by Max Brooks
• The Rapeworm - shortstory by Charles Coleman Finlay
• Everglades - shortstory by Mira Grant
• We Now Pause For Station Identification - shortstory by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Reluctance - shortstory by Cherie Priest
• Arlene Schabowski of the Undead - (2007) - shortstory by Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon
• Zombie Gigolo - shortstory by S. G. Browne
• Rural Dead - shortstory by Bret Hammond
• The Summer Place - shortstory by Bob Fingerman
• The Wrong Grave - (2007) - novelette by Kelly Link
• The Human Race - (2009) - shortstory by Scott Edelman
• Who We Used to Be - shortstory by David Moody
• Therapeutic Intervention - shortstory by Rory Harper
• He Said, Laughing - shortstory by Simon R. Green
• Last Stand - shortstory by Kelley Armstrong
• The Thought War - (2008) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
• Dating in Dead World - novelette by Joe McKinney
• Flotsam & Jetsam - [Forest of Hands and Teeth] - shortstory by Carrie Ryan
• Thin Them Out - novelette by Kim Paffenroth and R. J. Sevin and Julia Sevin
• Zombie Season - (2008) - shortstory by Catherine MacLeod
• Tameshigiri - shortstory by Steven Gould
• The Days of Flaming Motorcycles - (2010) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
• Zero Tolerance - shortstory by Jonathan Maberry
• And the Next, and the Next - shortstory by Genevieve Valentine
• The Price of a Slice - novelette by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow
• Are You Trying To Tell Me This Is Heaven? - shortstory by Sarah Langan