The Dead That Walk Author:Stephen Jones (Editor) Of all 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 livin... more »g humans, and this collection presents a frightening blood-rich cross section of zombie literature, including stories 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 Walk offers terrifying tales of dread that will drag you screaming into a nightmare world where death does not mean the end, and those who survive are next on the menu« less