About the Book
Edited by Stephen Jones. Illustrated by Martin McKenna.
Zombies... soulless corpses risen from the grave to do the bidding of their masters. They may have their factual basis in the voodoo ceremonies of Haiti, but it is in short fiction and the movies that the walking dead have flourished. The Mammoth Book of Zombies brings together twenty-six stories which depict a wide range of methods for raising the dead — from traditional Caribbean rituals to futuristic science. Within this terrifying tome you'll discover such classic tales of the macabre as Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar' and J. Sheridan Le Fabu's 'Schalken the Painter', plus memorable stories from the pulp magazines by H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Bloch. Also collected here for the first time are stories by such established masters as Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, and Brian Lumley, plus two new novellas and original stories by a host of exciting names.
Contents:
- INTRODUCTION: THE DEAD THAT WALK by Stephen Jones
- SEX, DEATH AND STARSHINE by Clive Barker
- RISING GENERATION by Ramsey Campbell
- THE SONG OF THE SLAVES by Manly Wade Wellman
- THE GHOULS by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR by Edgar Allan Poe
- STICKS by Karl Edward Wagner
- QUIETLY NOW by Charles L. Grant
- THE GREY HOUSE by Basil Copper
- A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS by M.R. James
- THE CRUCIAN PIT by Nicholas Royle
- THE DISAPPROVAL OF JEREMY CLEAVE by Brian Lumley
- HERBERT WEST — REANIMATOR by H.P. Lovecraft
- TREADING THE MAZE by Lisa Tuttle
- OUT OF CORRUPTION by David Riley
- THE TAKING OF MR. BILL by Graham Masterton
- SCHALKEN THE PAINTER by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
- CLINICALLY DEAD by David Sutton
- THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU by Les Daniels
- MISSION TO MARGAL by Hugh B. Cave
- LATER by Michael Marshall Smith
- MARBH BHEO by Peter Tremayne
- THE BLOOD KISS by Dennis Etchison
- NIGHT AFTER NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD by Christopher Fowler
- THE DEAD DON'T DIE! by Robert Bloch
- PATRICIA'S PROFESSION by Kim Newman
- ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE CADILLAC DESERT WITH DEAD FOLKS by Joe R. Lansdale
