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A review by rwilhoyte
New Dead: A Zombie Anthology by Christopher Golden
5.0
This is a really awesome zombie anthology with new stories from some great authors. Lots of new twists on zombies.
my top 5 faves were:
"Family Business" by Jonathan Maberry- one of the longer stories, more of a novella, about two brothers. One is apprenticing the other in the "family business"-killing zombies-but it's not your typical violent, shoot-em-up story. Lots of heart, great relationship created between the two brothers, not perfect but realistic.
"The Wind Cries Mary" by Brian Keene-very short, sweet story about the relationship between two very different people.
"Closure, Limited" by Max Brooks-Written as a continuation of World War Z, the narrator is visiting an organization that helps people gain closure for what occurred during the war. Um kind of, in my opinion :)
"Lazarus" by John Connolly-great retelling of the Bible story of Lazarus, from Lazarus' POV. Kinda sad, great way to open the anthology.
"Twittering from the Circus of The Dead" by Joe Hill- Great representation of a new format. I don't Twitter (or whatever) but a story told only in Tweets moves pretty quickly. Story starts out with teenage girl bitching about being on vacation with her family and takes a dark twist. Hill really creates the character through her Tweets, which is rather impressive and creates a slow burn to a great scare.
Those were just a few of my favorites. This anthology is full of authors that I was familiar with from other anthologies but their stories are all new. Definitely worth a read if you love zombies as much as I.
my top 5 faves were:
"Family Business" by Jonathan Maberry- one of the longer stories, more of a novella, about two brothers. One is apprenticing the other in the "family business"-killing zombies-but it's not your typical violent, shoot-em-up story. Lots of heart, great relationship created between the two brothers, not perfect but realistic.
"The Wind Cries Mary" by Brian Keene-very short, sweet story about the relationship between two very different people.
"Closure, Limited" by Max Brooks-Written as a continuation of World War Z, the narrator is visiting an organization that helps people gain closure for what occurred during the war. Um kind of, in my opinion :)
"Lazarus" by John Connolly-great retelling of the Bible story of Lazarus, from Lazarus' POV. Kinda sad, great way to open the anthology.
"Twittering from the Circus of The Dead" by Joe Hill- Great representation of a new format. I don't Twitter (or whatever) but a story told only in Tweets moves pretty quickly. Story starts out with teenage girl bitching about being on vacation with her family and takes a dark twist. Hill really creates the character through her Tweets, which is rather impressive and creates a slow burn to a great scare.
Those were just a few of my favorites. This anthology is full of authors that I was familiar with from other anthologies but their stories are all new. Definitely worth a read if you love zombies as much as I.