YOU CAN'T KEEP A DEAD MAN DOWN THEY'RE DEAD-but they keep on coming Even if their eyeballs have turned to a syrupy goo, or if their arms and legs have come off, it just doesn't matter They'll sniff you out and drag themselves inch after painful inch to get a taste of what you've got In "Of Cabbages & Kings," the dead won't stop until they've destroyed her hometown, forcing Nate Southard's lone heroine to explore the zombie-infested world outside; John French's "Fast Eddie's Big Night Out," two cops prove themselves as relentless as the dead in extracting a deathbed confession; D.J. Kirkbride's "Married Alive" examines a cooling relationship, and what it takes to bring it back from the dead; and in "The Dead In Their Masses," James Chambers suggests that the walking dead are merely a symptom of a greater, looming terror. From some of the most talented and unique imaginations writing today comes twelve tales of inescapable horror that not only proves that you can't keep a dead man down, but that in the annals of modern zombie literature, it is impossible to go too far praise for the dead walk "Evokes the sense of terror that has kept zombie lore a staple of the horror industy for years." -Vampirella Magazine "Induces more emotional reactions than virgin on prom night." -Horror-Web.com More WEIRDTALES of ZOMBIES, REVENANTS & the LIVING DEAD by C.J. Henderson . John L. French . Nate Southard . Steven A. Roman . D.J. Kirkbride . Adam P. Knave . Bruce Gehweiler . Laszlo Xalieri . Patrick Thomas . and the irrepressible Jack Dolphin ? Plus: "THE DEAD IN THEIR MASSES" A Brand-New Novella by JAMES CHAMBERS