Today’s mail brought a copy of the April 2010 issue of Locus, and with it Tim Pratt’s review of my PS Publishing zombie collection What Will Come After, which launched last weekend at the World Horror Convention in Brighton.

I’ve already told you about the three positive reviews (and because I believe in full disclosure, one negative review, too) my collection already received, but this one was so complimentary as to astonish even me.

The review, which occupied a column and a half of real estate, began with:

What Will Come After is “the complete zombie stories” of Scott Edelman, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a more literary and literate collection of tales about the living dead.

And ended with:

In the hands of a lesser writer, a book of nothing but zombie stories could risk becoming repetitive, but Edelman’s audacity regarding style and form, along with his brilliant unpacking of the themes inherent in zombie fiction, make this instead a compendium of singular treasures.

And between that first and last sentence were such phrases as:

… a heartbreaking and beautiful literary tour-de-force …

… it’s heartwrenching and not a bit tongue in cheek …

… audacious blend of science fiction and supernatural zombie fiction …

(Can you tell that I’m blushing?)

If those words of praise intrigue you enough to make you want to check out the book for yourself, who am I to stop you?