num_pages: 390
description: 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 vision of what those days will be like: in the brilliant and caustic "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Dessert with Dead Folks," Joe R. Lansdale spins 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 peak 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.--back coverCONTENTSForeword by George A. Romero"Introduction: On Going Too Far, or Flesh Eating Zombies: New Hope for the Future" by Skipp and Spector"Blossom" by Chan McConnell (pseudonym for David J. Schow)"Mess Hall" by Richard Laymon"It Helps If You Sing" by Ramsey Campbell"Home Delivery" by Stephen King"Wet Work" by Phillip 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
language: English
title: Book of the Dead
titlecomplete: Book of the Dead
genres: Paranormal, Splatterpunk, Zombies, Fantasy, Anthologies, Collections, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 3987
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Anthology
publisher: Bantam Books