Book of the Dead (1989) [Anthology]
by Ed Bryant Ramsey Campbell Brian Hodge Stephen King Joe R. Lansdale Richard Laymon Robert R. McCammon John Mason Skipp Craig Spector Steve Rasnic Tem Douglas E. Winter
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You hold in your hands what is perhaps the most explicit and overt anthology of original horror fiction ever assembled.
Each of the stories in this anthology is set in a world where the dead have risen to eat the living, and each author has his own intimate version of what those days will be like: in the brilliant and caustic "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks," Joe R. Lansdale spins what should be a traditional western yarn about a lawman tracking a badman -- the deadly dead, however, give that tradition a special twist. Stephen King's pregnant heroine in "Home Delivery" learns the exorbitant price of survival and of patience; Robert R. McCammon's "Eat Me" answers all the questions about love among the newly risen; and Douglas E. Winter's "Less Than Zombie" allows us a very unhealthy peek at the pampered, exclusive, and totally lifeless life-styles of the rich and famous.
Together these stories are a stream of timeless, mind-blowing spike points by some of the most talented, savage, and unique imaginations writing fiction today. This is a book filled with flaming, frozen moments of dread and wonder you will never in a million years forget. This is a book that goes too far... and invites you along for the ride. Stories: -
Blossom by Chan McConnell
- Mess Hall by Richard Laymon
- It Helps if you Sing by Ramsey Campbell
- Home Delivery by Stephen King
- Wet Work by Philip Nutman
- A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned by Edward Bryant
- Bodies and Heads by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Choices by Glen Vasey
- The Good Parts by Les Daniels
- Less Than Zombie by Douglas E. Winter
- Like Pavlov's Dogs by Steven R. Boyett
- Saxophone by Nicholas Royle
- On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks by Joe R. Lansdale
- Dead Giveaway by Brian Hodge
- Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy by David J. Schow
- Eat Me by Robert R. McCammon
Original title: Book of the Dead
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ General
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