John Joseph Adams has just posted the complete table of contents for his upcoming zombie anthology The Living Dead, of which my Stoker-nominated tale “Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man” will be a part.

I won’t repost the entire TOC here, but I do want to point out how proud I am to be collected between the covers with such strong stories as Doug Winter’s “Less than Zombie,” Dan Simmons’ “This Year’s Class Picture,” and Adam-Troy Castro’s “Dead Like Me.” Just reading those titles brings back powerful memories from when I experienced each of them for the first time. If you haven’t read them yet, it will certainly be worth picking up the book for that trio alone. But since the book will feature 34 stories and more than 230,000 words, you won’t want to stop there.

The Living Dead won’t be out until September, but since it’s already listed on the Night Shades Books Web site, why not order it now?