Originally posted by LABRADORIAN:
DEATH OF DEATH was a story available only on georgeromero.com, the site no longer exists so i guess george isnt making the story available anymore, i am dying to read it. This anthology set in romero's universe, whats the name of the book. I read 2 books set in a romeroesque universe, REIGN OF THE DEAD and its sequel APOCALYPSE END. The books are pretty good but lacks in gore but then again its just a book and the ending kinda bites....no pun intemded.
The anthologies were called
Book of the Dead and
Book of the Dead 2: Still Dead, published in 1989 and 1992, respectively. Here is a rundown of the stories and authors from
both books:
Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (Bantam 0-553-27998-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.50, 390pp, pb) [Living Dead]; Original anthology of 16 zombie stories set in the same universe as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.
1 • Foreword • George A. Romero
5 • Introduction: On Going Too Far • John M. Skipp & Craig Spector
15 • Blossom • Chan McConnell
21 • Mess Hall • Richard Laymon
42 • It Helps If You Sing • Ramsey Campbell
51 • Home Delivery • Stephen King
80 • Wet Work • Philip Nutman
88 • A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned • Edward Bryant
119 • Bodies and Heads • Steve Rasnic Tem
137 • Choices • Glen Vasey
195 • The Good Parts • Les Daniels
201 • Less Than Zombie • Douglas E. Winter
216 • Like Pavlov’s Dogs • Steven R. Boyett
280 • Saxophone • Nicholas Royle
298 • On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks • Joe R. Lansdale
343 • Dead Giveaway • Brian Hodge
356 • Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy • David J. Schow
379 • Eat Me • Robert R. McCammon
Still Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-67-8, Jul ’92, $29.95, 276pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Living Dead]; Original shared-world anthology of 19 stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films. With a foreword by Tom Savini and an introduction by the editors; full-color illustrations by Rick Berry which are worth the price alone. Simultaneous with the Bantam mass-market paperback edition.
xiii • Fast Foreword • Tom Savini
1 • Introduction: Nineteen New Ways to Kick Dead Ass or Resisting the Urge to Decay • John M. Skipp & Craig Spector
9 • The Old Man and the Dead • Mort Castle
37 • Don’t/Walk • Chan McConnell
49 • Necrophile • Nancy A. Collins
64 • Rise Up and Walk • K. W. Jeter
72 • One Step at a Time • Glen Vasey
98 • The Ones You Love • John M. Skipp & Craig Spector
109 • This Year’s Class Picture • Dan Simmons
136 • Night of the Living Dead Bingo Women • Simon McCaffery
141 • Abed • Elizabeth Massie
152 • Come One, Come All • Gahan Wilson
171 • The Prince of Nox • Kathe Koja
183 • Beer Run • Gregory Nicoll
187 • Prayer • Douglas Morningstar & Maxwell Hart
190 • Calcutta, Lord of Nerves • Poppy Z. Brite
207 • I Walk Alone • Roberta Lannes
226 • Undiscovered Countries • J. S. Russell
239 • Moon Towers • Brooks Carruthers
265 • Passion Play • Nancy Holder
279 • Bright Lights, Big Zombie • Douglas E. Winter
I'll keep looking around for Death of Death. Maybe I can find us a copy.
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