The Book of the Dead

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The Book of the Dead | John Skipp

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George Romero, in the anthology he was part of right before he died said that in the mid to late 80‘s, John Skipp and Craig Spector came to him with an idea for a book of zombie short fiction, the first of its kind. Romero thought no one would even bother with the idea, much less attach their names to such a project. Imagine his surprise when all the invites sent out were responded with such enthusiasm. I liked this book but these stories were👇🏼

Reggie so dark and the nihilism was almost overwhelming. It has some marks of its time, like there being no women contributors to this anthology, and yet there is such violence against women in here. One of my favorite stories in here is “A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned,” which deals with a woman who is looked at but never seen , and it is powerful and heartbreaking. This was a great book but maybe for the zombie enthusiast. (edited) 5y

Billypar I'm picking back up a Thomas Ligotti collection that I started last Halloween season and had to stop around February because too much horror can be depressingly nihilistic. The stories are excellent but it has similar marks of its time like you mentioned- the only female characters are victims, and more often than not there are just no women in the stories at all. 5y

sharread That book reminds me of The Evil Dead movie. We watch that every Halloween. It's scary. 🤪😱😍 5y

Reggie @sharread I‘ve never seen seen the original but if you‘re talking about the remake from the beginning of the decade holy crap that was effin scary!!!! Lol 5y

Reggie @Billypar I should have left it for awhile but I‘m a book monogamist but what should have taken me 2 days took me five and I had to force myself. 5y

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Reggie

The Book of the Dead | John Skipp

(Zombie Kiss by Rob Sacchetto) Thank goodness this anthology was anchored by “Eat Me” this beautiful story by Robert McCammon where two very lonely zombies find solace in each other, because the whole book was dark. “lying on bits of flesh like petals of strange flowers”-that‘s just lovely.

Cathythoughts ..... like petals of strange flowers.... love this quote ♥️ 5y

Reggie @Cathythoughts the whole story has lines like this in it. Where it makes beauty of what would usually be disturbing. 5y

IamIamIam Yeesh!!! 5y

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readordierachel Oh man, I love this! I'll have to find this story. 5y

Reggie @readordierachel I found it https://www.robertmccammon.com/fiction/eat-me.html 5y

Reggie @IamIamIam lol, there‘s a part where she nips his shoulders and cockroaches come out and instead of disgust he manages to write it as a thing to behold!!! 5y

IamIamIam @Reggie Oh my... Cannibalism is the only thing I can't handle but let's add zombie Cannibalism as a sub category. 😂🧟‍♂️ 5y

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MStew

The Book of the Dead | John Skipp

HORROR BOOK HAUL!! LOOK AT THESE beautys I found today! Wait until you guys see these covers ! One of my best horror hauls yet! I love have price books!!!!

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