Originally published as The mammoth book of zombies.
Contents:
On the far side of the Cadillac desert with dead folks / Sex, death and starshine / Joe R. Lansdale. Rising generation / Ramsey Campbell -- The song of the slaves / Manly Wade Wellman -- The ghouls / R. Chetwynd-Hayes -- The facts in the case of M. Valdemar / Edgar Allan Poe -- Sticks / Karl Edward Wagner -- Quietly now / Charles L. Grant -- The grey house / Basil Copper -- A warning to the curious / M.R. James -- The Crucian pit / Nicholas Royle -- The disapproval of Jeremy Cleave / Brian Lumley -- Herbert West, reanimator / H.P. Lovecraft -- Treading the maze / Lisa Tuttle -- Out of corruption / David Riley -- The taking of Mr. Bill / Graham Masterton -- Schalken the painter / J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- Clinically dead / David Sutton -- They're coming for you / Les Daniels -- Mission to Margal / Hugh B. Cave -- Later / Michael Marshall Smith -- Marbh Bheo / Peter Tremayne -- The blood kiss / Dennis Etchison -- Night after night of the living dead / Christopher Fowler -- The dead don't die! / Robert Bloch -- Patricia's profession / Kim Newman -- On the far side of the Cadillac desert with dead folks / Joe R. Lansdale.
Summary:
Death is not the end! If you are too rational to believe otherwise, then we invite you to read the stories collected in The Monster Book of Zombies. Here are tales of the walking dead reanimated by black magic, weird science, outer space viruses, and plain old human irresponsibility. No matter how they are resurrected, all indulge in malevolent mischief and mayhem that will make you think twice about dismissing the dead as done. The twenty-six zombie tales gathered here cover more than a century and a half of horror history, and show the many aspects of this nightmare of the living dead in all of its gory glory. Soulless, mindless, and unstoppable, the zombies that shamble through these stories are sure to strike terror into the hearts of the most hardened horror reader. Beware the walking dead!
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