Better off undead
By: Martin H. Greenberg and Daniel M. Hoyt
Contributors: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: DAW book collectors -- no. 1456; DAW fantasy; DAW; DAW book collectors -- no. 1456.
Publisher: DAW Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780756405120
Subjects: Paranormal fiction; Short stories; Fantasy fiction
Description: From vampires to mummy con artists, this lively collection explores the many forms the undead can take in stories that range from the chilling to the hysterical. There are those who people the Afterlife, others who wander the lands of the living in ghostly form, and even those who walk about in the flesh. For anyone whos ever wondered if the grass is greener on the other side of this mortal coil, this collection will provide a wide range of intriguing answers from those who are undead...and loving it!
Table of contents: title: A grain of salt / Sarah A. Hoyt; title: The post gnawreate and the taxman / Dave Freer; title: The Infernal Revenant Service / Laura Resnick; title: Mummy knows best / Esther M. Friesner; title: Genius loci / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; title: Ah, yehz; title: Alan Dean Foster; title: Gamma ray versus death / Carrie Vaughn; title: Museum hauntings / Irene Radford; title: My tears have been my meat / Nina Kiriki Hoffman; title: The perfect man / Fran LaPlaca; title: Two all beef patties / Jay Lake; title: That Saturday / Devon monk; title: Walking fossil / Robert A. Hoyt; title: Night shifted / Kate Paulk; title: Twelve stepping in the dark / Rebecca Lickiss; title: Gooble gobble, one of us / Charles Edgar Quinn; title: Bump in the night / Amanda S. Green; title: Separation anxiety / S. M. Stirling.