D.L. Snell has a nice entry in “Pale Moonlight”.
In just eight pages he managed to tug at my heartstrings and totally creep me out, all at the same time. With colorful imagery such as “…the lunar skull, ghostly and round as a coin…” and “…He felt his bones become restless beneath knotting muscles, and his beard began to itch…”, the visceral impact of his tale stays with the reader long after the novel‘s covers are closed.

I loved the touches of dark humor in Mike Wall’s “The Dead Life”. The characters have attitude, making this a fun read. “Reapers at the Door”, by Eric S. Brown, adds a dash of science fiction to the mix. Aliens acquire human corpses and animate them, using our own dead to conquer the human race. A wonderful bit of irony there.

The thought-provoking “Graveyard Slot”, by Cavan Scott, shows the darker side of human Nature. “… They sat with their TV dinners and gawped as contestants were torn apart. Who were the ghouls here? The shuffling, rotten husks, or the producers pointing their cameras at the action and watching the ratings roll in…” As with all of the stories in this anthology, the imagery is chosen to let the reader feel as well as see the action.“…Sarah supposed that the man’s cries probably sounded terrible, but she couldn’t really hear anything anymore, save for that annoying buzz emanating from deep within her pulsating skull…” Sarah’s revenge is finely tuned to meet the crime against her.

The Editors have done a great job with this book. I give it a five out of five rating and urge you to pick up a copy. You won’t be disappointed. This anthology has its own website: http://www.undeadanthology.com, complete with a message board. Check it out. “The Undead” is available at:
Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Project Pulp and Shocklines.