The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology [Paperback]

James Lowder (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2010

Bringing the living dead into stark reality, this anthology reveals the best of undead horror and monstrous zombie tales. Culled from the popular All Flesh Must Be Eaten zombie anthology series, this broad collection of stories proves that no place in the world is safe when the dead rise again. Their shambling hordes flood cities, scour the countryside, and leave no part of history untouched. Ideal for fans of supernatural terror and apocalyptic fiction, this horrific array includes narratives by Tobias Buckell, Scott Edelman, Charles Coleman Finlay, and Tom Piccirilli.

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Review

"Full of excellent stories from 25 different writers. All have their own little spin on what a zombie story should be and all of them entertain . . . definitely pick up this book."  —Games Unplugged

About the Author

James Lowder is the editor of several critically acclaimed anthologies, a four-time Origins Award winner, and a finalist for the Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award. He is the editor of The Book of More Flesh, The Doom of Camelot, and The Book of Final Flesh, and the author of Prince of Lies. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Elder Signs Press; 1 edition (January 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934501166
• ISBN-13: 978-1934501160
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,363,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Reading for Horror Fans, October 12, 2010

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Billzilla (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology (Paperback)

Let's get this out of the way first thing; zombies scare me. The mindless violence and relentless, insatiable hunger and lack of pain response of the George Romero-style walking dead creep me the heck out. So when Jim Lowder handed me a copy of The Best of All Flesh at GenCon to review for Flames Rising, I admit I approached it with some trepidation.

The Best of All Flesh is just that; the finest tales collected from Eden Studios' The Book of All Flesh, The Book of More Flesh, and The Book of Final Flesh, all edited by Mr. Lowder. These in turn were inspired by Eden's All Flesh Must Be Eaten tabletop roleplaying game.

Starting off with a bang, the first story - "What Comes After" by Kris Dykeman - spins a yarn about a small-town deputy rounding up survivors into a guarded, fenced, safe zone after a zombie outbreak. One lone holdout, a retired schoolteacher, refuses to come in, so Deputy Reade must try one last time to convince his former teacher to go to safety. As it turns out, she has a plan of her own that will chill readers to their very souls.

Robin Laws' "Susan" is a disturbing tale of a jaded man who seeks new thrills to make him feel alive. He has a friend with connections that can help him find the stimulation he's looking for, but there's danger involved, not to mention the price he'll have to pay for his thrills...

"Familiar Eyes" by Barry Hollander is a heartbreaking tale of a man and the wife he lost. She keeps coming back though, and John keeps hoping that the next time she rises, she'll be herself again. It hasn't happened yet, but John keeps hoping, and keeps reburying her secretly in the back yard.

"Trinkets" harkens back to the original zombie myths from the Caribbean. Written by Tobias Buckell, Trinkets is about George Petros, who is compelled to seek out a particular man to show him an artifact - compelled by a vengeful zombie master who has him under her control.

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars But I'm not biased..., April 26, 2010

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Rebecca Brock (Somewheres, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology (Paperback)

I was fortunate enough to be included in the second book in the "All Flesh" series (The Book of More Flesh) and I'm more than fortunate to have my humble little story included in the "Best of" anthology. Speaking as a zombie fan, I have to say that I'd have bought this book even if I wasn't in it...which is saying a lot because I'm very picky with my zombie fiction. If you're into rotting dead flesh and massive amounts of carnage and horror as much as I am, then you'll love this book.

And like I said, I'm TOTES not biased at all.

Rebecca "Brain-eater" Brock
Abominations, The Giving Season, Snuffed -- a short story, Sweeties : a short horror story

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars some good individual stories, May 23, 2010

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While there are some very good individual stories it is hard to call this an Anthology as there is no intro for each story and the themes and details do not go with one another. It felt Like I was reading the homework for some writing class there the assignment was to write a short story with the word Zombie in it (not exactly fair as some stories do not call them zombies). The abrupt jump of time/place and theme between each story really threw the rhythm of reading off for me.