{"id":17771,"date":"2009-12-25T11:44:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=17771"},"modified":"2015-01-10T19:42:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T00:42:03","slug":"my-zombie-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/25\/my-zombie-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"My zombie Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know what Santa gave you for Christmas, but whatever you got, I’m happier than you!<\/p>\n

I’ve been nattering on endlessly about my collection of zombie stories due to be launched by PS Publishing at the World Horror Convention in Brighton<\/a> next year, and already shared the wonderful Les Edwards illo<\/a> of my zombified self.<\/p>\n

Well, here’s what designer Robert Wexler whipped up for the jacket. (Click through several times to view at a larger size.)<\/p>\n

\"WhatWillComeAfterCoverFlat\"<\/a>
\nThis didn’t arrive gift-wrapped, but it’s the best Christmas present I could have gotten!<\/p>\n

As for what you’ll find beneath that cover, here are the nine zombie stories included (three of which were Stoker finalists):<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Will Come After” is original to this collection<\/p>\n

\u201cLive People Don’t Understand” first appeared in The Book of All Flesh<\/i>, 2001<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Man He Had Been Before” first appeared in The Mammoth Book of Monsters<\/i>, 2007<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man” first appeared in PostScripts<\/i>, 2007<\/p>\n

\u201cGoobers” first appeared in The Book of More Flesh<\/i>, 2002<\/p>\n

\u201cTell Me Like You Done Before” first appeared in The Dead That Walk<\/i>, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cA Plague on Both Your Houses” first appeared in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror<\/i>, 1997<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Human Race” first appeared in Space and Time<\/i>, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Supper” first appeared in The Book of Final Flesh<\/i>, 2003<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why not buy yourself one as a Christmas present today<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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