The Living Dead 2 Website Launches With 8 Free Short Stories!
Now you may not know this but The Living Dead is the first zombie anthology that I read. Yes I’ve watched a LOT of zombie movies over the years and read a LOT of zombie novels but short stories never really had done it for me. When I first had opened the first of these I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with how hooked I instantly was. John Joseph Adams was able to put together a compilation of nothing but pure quality short zombie themed stories. If this new collection is even half as good as the first you’ll be needing to pick it up as soon as possible!
Two years ago, readers eagerly devoured The Living Dead. Publishers Weekly named it one of the Best Books of the Year, and Barnes and Noble.com called it “The best zombie fiction collection ever.” Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams is back for another bite at the apple — the Adam’s apple, that is — with 43 more of the best, most chilling, most thrilling zombie stories anywhere, including virtuoso performances by zombie fiction legends Max Brooks (World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), and David Wellington (Monster Island).
From Left 4 Dead to Zombieland to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, ghoulishness has never been more exciting and relevant. Within these pages samurai warriors face off against the legions of hell, necrotic dinosaurs haunt a mysterious lost world, and eerily clever zombies organize their mindless brethren into a terrifying army. You’ll even witness nightmare scenarios in which humanity is utterly wiped away beneath a relentless tide of fetid flesh.
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.
The Living Dead 2’s Table of Contents
- Introduction — John Joseph Adams
- Alone, Together — Robert Kirkman
- Danger Word — Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
- Zombieville — Paula Stiles
- The Anteroom — Adam-Troy Castro
- When the Zombies Win — Karina Sumner-Smith
- Mouja — Matt London
- Category Five — Marc Paoletti
- Living with the Dead — Molly Brown
- Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco — Seth Lindberg
- The Mexican Bus — Walter Greatshell
- The Other Side — Jamie Lackey
- Where the Heart Was — David J. Schow
- Good People — David Wellington
- Lost Canyon of the Dead — Brian Keene
- Pirates vs. Zombies — Amelia Beamer
- The Crocodiles — Steven Popkes
- The Skull-Faced City — David Barr Kirtley
- Obedience — Brenna Yovanoff
- Steve and Fred — Max Brooks
- The Rapeworm — Charlie Finlay
- Everglades — Mira Grant
- We Now Pause For Station Identification — Gary Braunbeck
- Reluctance — Cherie Priest
- Arlene Schabowski of the Undead — Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon
- Zombie Gigolo — S. G. Browne
- Rural Dead — Bret Hammond
- The Summer Place — Bob Fingerman
- The Wrong Grave — Kelly Link
- The Human Race — Scott Edelman
- Who We Used to Be — David Moody
- Therapeutic Intervention — Rory Harper
- He Said, Laughing — Simon R. Green
- Last Stand — Kelley Armstrong
- The Thought War — Paul McAuley
- Dating in Dead World — Joe McKinney
- Flotsam and Jetsam — Carrie Ryan
- Thin Them Out — Kim Paffenroth, Julia Sevin and RJ Sevin
- Zombie Season — Catherine MacLeod
- Tameshigiri — Steven Gould
- The Days of Flaming Motorcycles — Catherynne M. Valente
- Zero Tolerance — Jonathan Maberry
- And the Next, and the Next — Genevieve Valentine
- The Price of a Slice — John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow
- Are You Trying to Tell Me This is Heaven? — Sarah Langan
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
The Website Includes 8 Free Stories!
Yes they are letting you read 8 short stories for free over at the Free Fiction Page including an ebook that includes all of them to download!
- The Skull-Faced City — David Barr Kirtley
- And the Next, and the Next — Genevieve Valentine
- Flotsam and Jetsam — Carrie Ryan
- Mouja — Matt London
- Who We Used to Be — David Moody
- The Days of Flaming Motorcycles — Catherynne M. Valente
- Obedience — Brenna Yovanoff
- Rural Dead — Bret Hammond
You can find out more by visiting the Official The Living Dead 2 Website or just head over and buy the book immediately on Amazon today!
