The Living Dead 2 Author:John Joseph Adams (Editor) 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 Welli... more »ngton, 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."
Contents:
1 • Introduction (The Living Dead 2) • essay by John Joseph Adams
3 • Alone, Together • novelette by Robert Kirkman
17 • Danger Word • (2004) • novelette by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
37 • Zombieville • (2010) • short story by Paula R. Stiles
49 • The Anteroom • short story by Adam-Troy Castro
57 • When the Zombies Win • short story by Karina Sumner-Smith
61 • Mouja • short story by Matt London
71 • Category Five • short story by Marc Paoletti
77 • Living with the Dead • (2008) • short story by Molly Brown
83 • Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco • (2000) • short story by Seth Lindberg
93 • The Mexican Bus • short story by Walter Greatshell
103 • The Other Side • short story by Jamie Lackey
107 • Where the Heart Was • (1993) • short story by David J. Schow
121 • Good People • short story by David Wellington
135 • Lost Canyon of the Dead • short story by Brian Keene
149 • Pirates vs. Zombies • short story by Amelia Beamer
155 • The Crocodiles • (2010) • novelette by Steven Popkes
175 • The Skull-Faced City • short story by David Barr Kirtley
191 • Obedience • (2009) • short story by Brenna Yovanoff
203 • Steve and Fred • short story by Max Brooks
211 • The Rapeworm • short story by Charles Coleman Finlay
227 • Everglades • short story by Seanan McGuire [as by Mira Grant ]
235 • We Now Pause For Station Identification • short story by Gary A. Braunbeck (variant of We Now Pause for Station Identification) [as by Gary Braunbeck ]
245 • Reluctance • short story by Cherie Priest
257 • Arlene Schabowski of the Undead • (2007) • short story by Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon
265 • Zombie Gigolo • short story by S. G. Browne
269 • Rural Dead • short story by Bret Hammond
275 • The Summer Place • short story by Bob Fingerman
287 • The Wrong Grave • (2007) • novelette by Kelly Link
301 • The Human Race • (2009) • short story by Scott Edelman
315 • Who We Used to Be • short story by David Moody
327 • Therapeutic Intervention • short story by Rory Harper
333 • He Said, Laughing • short story by Simon R. Green
345 • Last Stand • short story by Kelley Armstrong
357 • The Thought War • (2008) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]
365 • Dating in Dead World • novelette by Joe McKinney
381 • Flotsam & Jetsam • [Forest of Hands and Teeth, bk 0.4] • short story by Carrie Ryan
393 • Thin Them Out • novelette by Kim Paffenroth and R. J. Sevin and Julia Sevin
413 • Zombie Season • (2008) • short story by Catherine MacLeod
415 • Tameshigiri • short story by Steven Gould
429 • The Days of Flaming Motorcycles • (2010) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente
437 • Zero Tolerance • short story by Jonathan Maberry
453 • And the Next, and the Next • short story by Genevieve Valentine
459 • The Price of a Slice • novelette by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow
479 • Are You Trying To Tell Me This Is Heaven? • short story by Sarah Langan« less