The Living Dead 2 (2010)

by John Joseph Adams (Editor)

Other authors: Kelley Armstrong (Contributor), Steven Barnes (Contributor), Amelia Beamer (Contributor), Gary Braunbeck (Contributor), Molly Brown (Contributor) — 43 more, S. G. Browne (Contributor), Adam-Troy Castro (Contributor), Tananarive Due (Contributor), Scott Edelman (Contributor), Bob Fingerman (Contributor), Charlie Finlay (Contributor), Cody Goodfellow (Contributor), Steven Gould (Contributor), Mira Grant (Contributor), Walter Greatshell (Contributor), Simon R. Green (Contributor), Bret Hammond (Contributor), Rory Harper (Contributor), Brian Keene (Contributor), Robert Kirkman (Contributor), David Barr Kirtley (Contributor), Jamie Lackey (Contributor), Sarah Langan (Contributor), Seth Lindberg (Contributor), Kelly Link (Contributor), Matt London (Contributor), Jonathan Maberry (Contributor), Catherine MacLeod (Contributor), Paul McAuley (Contributor), Joe McKinney (Contributor), Mark McLaughlin (Contributor), David Moody (Contributor), Kim Paffenroth (Contributor), Marc Paoletti (Contributor), Steven Popkes (Contributor), Cherie Priest (Contributor), Carrie Ryan (Contributor), Kyra M. Schon (Contributor), David J. Schow (Contributor), Julia Sevin (Contributor), R. J. Sevin (Contributor), John Skipp (Contributor), Paula Stiles (Contributor), Katrina Sumner-Smith (Contributor), Catherynne M. Valente (Contributor), Genevieve Valentine (Contributor), David Wellington (Contributor), Brenna Yovanoff (Contributor)

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A collection of short stories about zombies includes contributions by Clive Barker, Laurell K. Hamilton, Stephen King, and Neil Gaiman.

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This was the second zombie anthology I've read in as many years - I got them together at a book sale. Just like the other (different publisher, different editor, different stories, but familiar authors) it was hit or miss. I think the best stories were the non-traditional zombie stories - a handful told from the zombie's point of view, a few about zombies more on the philosophical side rather than the horror side. I'd give it 3 stars. (

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Sean191 | Apr 2, 2023 |

Some good some bad. The first story is particularly good. If you are thinking about this book then at least read that one. (

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Drunken-Otter | Aug 20, 2021 |

"Is it necrophilia if you're both dead?"

Reading this now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, makes me think how it could be worse! 😀 Reading some of these on the day that celebrates Jesus rising from the dead makes me think that it could be better too! The undead on these pages are not so forgiving!

Lots of short stories in here! Some hits, some misses, but all zombies! You have stories from "The Walking Dead"'s Robert Kirkman and "World War Z"'s Max Brooks, among many others. My favorite in this collection was "Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco" by Seth Lindberg. I also enjoyed "The Rapeworm" by Charles Coleman Finlay quite a bit! And for a complete and total gross out, please enjoy "Zombie Gigolo" by S.G. Browne! ex. - "If you've never had maggots crawling around inside your rectal cavity and feasting on your subcutaneous fat, you probably wouldn't understand."

No Mr. Browne. No I wouldn't. (

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Stahl-Ricco | Apr 12, 2020 |

The zombie theme has never been more actual as it is these days, with literature and both screens – the big and the small one – often employing it for stories, although it’s difficult to find tales that try to look beyond the far-too-easy shock of blood and gore, focusing rather on the psychology of characters and their reaction to the apocalypse they are desperately trying to survive.
Recently I discovered a sampler of this book through the Baen Free Library showcasing some of the stories contained in one of two larger anthologies dedicated to the living dead, and decided to take a look: some of the offerings were quite weird – like the one that sees events from the point of view of an Amish community (“Rural Dead” by Bret Hammond), or the one whose premise is that all of humanity dies and wakes up as zombies, and follows the plight of a family as they try to get on with their non-lives as much as they can (“Who We Used to Be” by David Moody) – but a few truly left their mark on my imagination, my favorites being the two I’ve chosen to showcase [...]

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SpaceandSorcery | Dec 25, 2018 |

Just as with The Living Dead, this collection is absolutely fabulous, proving that good zombie fiction can be good fiction, period! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Adams, John Joseph	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Armstrong, Kelley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Barnes, Steven	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Beamer, Amelia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Braunbeck, Gary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brown, Molly	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Browne, S. G.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Castro, Adam-Troy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Due, Tananarive	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Edelman, Scott	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fingerman, Bob	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Finlay, Charlie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goodfellow, Cody	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gould, Steven	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grant, Mira	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greatshell, Walter	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Green, Simon R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hammond, Bret	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harper, Rory	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Keene, Brian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kirkman, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kirtley, David Barr	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lackey, Jamie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Langan, Sarah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lindberg, Seth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Link, Kelly	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
London, Matt	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Maberry, Jonathan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
MacLeod, Catherine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McAuley, Paul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McKinney, Joe	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McLaughlin, Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moody, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Paffenroth, Kim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Paoletti, Marc	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Popkes, Steven	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Priest, Cherie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ryan, Carrie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schon, Kyra M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schow, David J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sevin, Julia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sevin, R. J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Skipp, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stiles, Paula	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sumner-Smith, Katrina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valente, Catherynne M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valentine, Genevieve	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wellington, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yovanoff, Brenna	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Thin Them Out by Kim Paffenroth

Last Stand (short story) by Kelley Armstrong

Alone, Together by Robert Kirkman

Danger Word by Steven Barnes

Zombieville by Paula R. Stiles

The Anteroom by Adam-Troy Castro

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When the Zombies Win by Karina Sumner-Smith

Mouja by Matt London

Category Five by Marc Paoletti

Living with the Dead [short story] by Molly Brown

Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco by Seth Lindberg

The Mexican Bus by Walter Greatshell

The Other Side by Jamie Lackey

Where the Heart Was by David J. Schow

Good People [short fiction] by David Wellington

Lost Canyon of the Dead by Brian Keene

Pirates vs. Zombies by Amelia Beamer

The Crocodiles by Steven Popkes

The Skull-Faced City by David Barr Kirtley

Obedience by Brenna Yovanoff

The Rapeworm by Charles Coleman Finlay

Everglades by Mira Grant

We Now Pause for Station Identification by Gary Braunbeck

Reluctance by Cherie Priest

Arlene Schabowski of the Undead by Mark McLaughin

Zombie Gigolo by S. G. Browne

Rural Dead by Bret Hammond

The Summer Place by Bob Fingerman

The Wrong Grave [short story] by Kelly Link

The Human Race by Scott Edelman

Who We Used to Be by David Moody

Therapeutic Intervention by Rory Harper

He Said, Laughing by Simon R. Green

The Thought War by Paul J. McAuley

Dating in Dead World by Joe McKinney

Flotsam & Jetsam by Carrie Ryan

Zombie Season by Catherine MacLeod

Tameshigiri by Steven Gould

The Days of Flaming Motorcycles by Catherynne M. Valente

And the Next, and the Next by Genevieve Valentine

The Price of a Slice by Cody Goodfellow

Are You Trying to Tell Me This Is Heaven? by Sarah Langan

Zero Tolerance by Jonathan Maberry

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(Introduction by John Joseph Adams): Turns out zombies really don't want to die.

She was dressed like a private detective from a low-budget TV show -- a pair of slacks, modest high heels, and the most ridiculous trench coat I'd ever seen, one of the shorter ones, that hung just above the knees.

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Collects these stories:Introduction by John Joseph Adams
"Alone, Together" by Robert Kirkman
"Danger Word" by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
"Zombieville" by Paula R. Stiles
"The Anteroom" by Adam-Troy Castro
"When The Zombies Win" by Karina Sumner-Smith
"Mouja" by Matt London
"Category Five" by Marc Paoletti
"Living with the Dead" by Molly Brown
"Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco" by Seth Lindberg
"The Mexican Bus" by Walter Greatshell
"The Other Side" by Jamie Lackey
"Where the Heart Was" by David J. Schow
"Good People" by David Wellington
"Lost Canyon of the Dead" by Brian Keene
"Pirates vs. Zombies" by Amelia Beamer
"The Crocodiles" by Steven Popkes
"The Skull-Faced City" by David Barr Kirtley
"Obedience" by Brenna Yovanoff
"The Rapeworm" by Charles Coleman Finlay
"Everglades" by Mira Grant
"We Now Pause for Station Identification" by Gary A. Braunbeck
"Reluctance" by Cherie Priest
"Arlene Schabowski of the Undead" by Mark McLaughlin and Kyra M. Schon
"Zombie Gigolo" by S. G. Browne
"Rural Dead" by Bret Hammond
"The Summer Place" by Bob Fingerman
"The Wrong Grave"by Kelly Link
"The Human Race" by Scott Edelman
"Who We Used to Be" by David Moody
"Therapeutic Intervention" by Rory Harper
"He Said, Laughing" by Simon R. Green
"Last Stand" by Kelley Armstrong
"The Thought War" by Paul MacAuley
"Dating in a Dead World" by Joe McKinney
"Flotsam & Jetsam" by Carrie Ryan
"Thin Them Out" by Kim Paffenroth, R. J. Sevin, and Julia Sevin
"Zombie Season" by Catherine MacLeod
"Tameshigiri" by Steven Gould
"The Days of Flaming Motorcycles" by Catherynne M. Valente
"Zero Tolerance" by Jonathan Mayberry
"And the Next, and the Next" by Genevieve Valentine
"The Price of a Slice" by John Skip and Cody Goodfellow
"Are You Trying to Tell Me This Is Heaven?" by Sarah Langan

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