My zombie stories have been getting reprinted a LOT lately, so much so that I’m losing track of them the same way a zombie loses track of how many fingers it has left. Well … not exactly in that same way. But I had forgotten that one of my stories was going to be reprinted this October in Z: Zombie Stories until the cover started popping up online.

Though you can’t necessarily tell by that cover, the book—edited by Jeremy Lassen and to be published by Night Shade Books—is meant to be a YA title, as the following blurb explains:

When the zombie apocalypse comes, it’s not just the crusty old folks who must struggle against the undead. It’s the young people. What happens when you come of age during the zombie apocalypse?

And just to show I wasn’t kidding when I said I’d forgotten all about this—I only think, but I’m not 100% sure, that the tale being reprinted here is “The Human Race.” I wouldn’t be able say for sure unless I went to the trouble of digging out my contract. But since I don’t really have time for that, I think I’ll just wait for my contributor’s copy to show up and fill you in on the details then …