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Christmas is Dead: A Zombie Anthology

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This was such a fun collection of short stories to read. Such a great idea and creative short stories. What else could be better then Christmas and zombie fun?

An awesome diversity of zombie tales dealing with Christmas. Zombie Reindeer! Haven't come across anything like it. It is different than most zombie anthos given the Christmas/Holiday settings. Definitely recommended for fans of Zombies and Christmas.

While zombies have long been a part of the horror genre, it isn't until recently that I've taken an interest in this category of the undead. However, being the Ebenezer that I am, the idea of zombie Christmas stories appealed to me, so it was without reservations that I jumped into the grave, so to speak, with two feet and started reading Anthony Giangregorio's Christmas is Dead: A Zombie Anthology.

The tales range from the typical zombie outbreak that just so happens to take place around this festive time of year to the more fantastical tales that feature zombie reindeer, zombie turkeys, zombie Santas, and superheroes battling the undead. For the most part, the stories are solid and well written, but some of the more far-fetched stories fell flat, at least for me.

Some of the highlights are Yes, Virginia, There Really is a Zombie Santa Claus, a story that explains the origins of Zombie Santa, Satan Claus, tells the tale a department store santa who dies on the job, Christmas Harvest, where Death realizes that there is something worse than death, and Red Christmas, a disturbing tale that shows just how far one person will go to survive.

Overall, the authors did well combining the Zombie Apocalypse with a Holiday Theme (so much so, I am going to be checking out Love is Dead, another holiday themed anthology that tackles Valentine's Day), and anybody who enjoys tales of the Living Dead is encouraged to pick up this novelty published by Living Dead Press.

this is a fantastic anthology that deals with zombies of a christmas nature. you have a santa zombie, you have reindeer zombies, etc. it's an extremely fun and fast read! kudos to all of the authors who did a wonderful job incorporating christmas with zombies! who would have thought?

This is a good refresher for the traditional zombie story, even if some of the stories here are actually quite traditional. Even still, they're good stories for the most part and I can highly recommend this collection to any lover of the genre.