Elaine is the nurse in a hospital where they have patients that rapidly shake their heads back and forth (as if they're saying no, no, no) and they have to restrain them from shaking as they try to feed them. And when things go to hell, they come to take what they want.Įither I completely missed the point of this story or it's a mess. But, pretty Martha only has eyes for the young deputy sheriff, Bobby Mack, and the other men don't like this. Martha is a waitress at the local diner and the focus of many of the male residents lustful attention. The small town of Fort Durham, Colorado is experiencing the days after the dead turned. Nice little twist.Ī Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned - Edward Bryant These soldiers aren't doing what you think they are. Soldiers are clearing out a school during the zombie apocalypse. It seemed more like a snippet from a longer story. But when the dead begin to rise on Genneseault Island, Maddie has already forced herself to cope. Trying to determine what can of soup to buy out of all those choices on the shelf will send her running from the store without buying anything. Maddie Pace is the most indecisive woman you'll ever meet.

In fact, I loved this short story so much that I'm going to give his novels another try.ĭoor-to-door Jehovah's Witness zombies + Haiti voodoo = a bad day. But, this short story was the exact opposite. I've had issues with the two Laymon novels that I've read being extremely juvenile with unbelievable characters or story lines. It's never good to be a serial killer and be around your victims when the zombie apocalypse happens.

The dangers of hooking up with someone you don't know and having an exotic fetish all while the zombie apocalypse is beginning. Those two alone were worth the price of admission. Two stand out tales for me that left me crying laughing were On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks by Joe Lansdale and Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy by David Schow. Many of these stories have either zombie sex or the biting off of penises in there somewhere. But, if you're looking for good, campy fun ala Tales from the Crypt types of zombie stories, by all means, sink your teeth into this perverted bag of goodies. If you're looking for chills and scares, keep moving. Then, in 1989, this little gem of a collection came along and among it's pages were some heavy hitters from the horror and sci-fi genre. In horror fiction, zombie stories were as dead as the zombies themselves. In the 1980s, the only person that was doing anything significant with zombies was the Godfather himself, George Romero.

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