Editor Christopher Golden, a successful writer in his own right, has assembled a collection of tales about death, decay, zombified flesh and apocalyptic nightmares meant to scare you witless. The writers included here represent the best in the genre. Kurt Sutter, creator of Sons of Anarchy, presents his first published piece here titled "Tic Boom: A Slice of Life." Novelist Dan Chaon offers "How We Escaped Our Certain Fate," a macabre yarn about zombie robbers and dead turtles. Hollywood scriptwriter Stephen Susco contributes an eerie tale about murder in the digital age.

Other notable authors include Jonathan Maberry, Caitlin Kittredge, Brian Keene, Chelsea Cain, Amber Benson, Simon R. Green, and many others. All are masters of the genre with dozens and dozens of previous books on their own about zombies, ogres, and the phantastic. It's a wonderful collection of stories that will introduce to you to a variety of writers and send you to the bookstore to track down more books by some of the names here.