From the author of the Bigfoot
War series and Last Stand in a Dead Land
(among many others), these six shorts feature a zombie whale, a forest full of
savage squirrels, an undead peeping tom, a vigilante lizard man, a cameo appearance
from a band of murderous sasquatches, and a whole lot of blood and guts. The
settings are invariably bleak, usually post-apocalyptic. The main characters
are isolated and lonely, sometimes suicidal, often driven to kill in order to
survive. Groups of people are not to be trusted. The endings are downbeat, and yet
the whole collection manages to retain a relatively upbeat feel, due in large
part to the constant action—the pace of these stories is relentless—and abundance
of dry humor, with lines such as, “Perhaps the world descending into Hell was
taking a greater toll on him than he thought” and “The closest of the two died
quickly from an exploding head.” And I particularly like the reimagining of
biblical stories and themes in “Jonah and the Dead” and “Saviour,” the latter
of which stars a self-aware zombie who has a religious experience. This is
immensely readable, classic creature horror. Let’s hope the real apocalypse is this much fun.
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