Hear What the Critics are Saying "Wow, what an amazing and Entertaining Book; great cast of characters, very good story with a lot of eerie twists and turns. Population Zero is by far one of the best zombie books to have come out in a long time." -Mary Jones – Valley Daily News “A must read in the horror genre. Population Zero is a book that will leave you begging for more; Five Stars All The Way.” -Judy B. Cohen – Elite Media Group “Deliciously entertaining and very fun read. I bought it for a friend as a gift and she loved it as well. It’s by far one of the finest zombie apocalypse books to have come out in the last decade. Highly Recommend This Book.” -Dave Baker – Book Bloggers of America “Very interesting story. I highly recommend this book to any zombie lover out there. Can’t Go Wrong.” -Carl Mosner – Readers Cove Unlimited “Population Zero is an extremely well developed post-apocalyptic zombie tale. I really had a lot of fun reading this story. If you’re looking for a phenomenal zombie book, then look no further than this one. Ten Thumbs Up.” -Debra Eisner – Literary Times Inc. “My favorite zombie book this year; so far I have read more than eight. Once I started reading, I simply couldn’t put it down. Great Read.” -Emma Righter – Writers United Group “This story reminded me why I fell in love with reading zombie books in the first place; thank you Mr. Harding for making such an amazing and fun book. Keep up with the great story telling. Awesome Book!” -Lee Ratner – Daily Media Trends, Inc. Editorial Review Population Zero is an amazing book and a really interesting read. By the end of the book, you will feel like you have gone on an emotional rollercoaster which is not only fun, but also frightening. This zombie book is definitely one of a kind in the horror genre. If you are looking for a book that will leave you biting your nails at the edge of your seat, then look no further than Population Zero. This book is chock-full of amazing characters and terrifying zombies. Five Stars! Jim S. Stein About the Book When a scientist unleashes the deadliest virus the world has ever seen, a small group must band together to survive the zombie apocalypse; their tale is one of redemption, joy and tears. Come and join us in the town of Steel Valley. A world filled with chaos, where even the dead don’t know their rightful place. (zombie novels) [zombie novels]

Two experts on the unexplained and paranormal team up to bring you the definitive guide to zombies! The apocalypse of the rapacious, infectious living dead is more probable than ever—at least, if movies, books, and television are to be believed. But long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, and sinister military experiments brought the dead back to life in our cinemas and on our television screens, there were the dark spells and incantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the Babylonians. Blending the historical with the modern, the biographical with the literary, the plants and animals with bacteria and viruses, the mythological with the horrifying true tales, The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead is a comprehensive resource for understanding, combating, and avoiding all things zombie. More than 250 entries cover everything about the ignominious role in folklore and mythology to today's pop culture, including … Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Mad Cow Disease The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 The Centers for Disease Control and FEMA’s Zombie Preparedness plans The MacArthur Causeway Face-eating Zombie Nazi Experiments to Resurrect the Dead Night of the Living Dead and much, much more. Blending historical review and a lot of pop-culture fun with chilling tales of ravenous end-of-times horrors, The Zombie Book is perfect for browsing or for a thorough reading by fans of the macabre. An extensive bibliography and index make this the perfect start to anyone’s quest for preparing for a zombie cataclysm.

A collection of eight scary stories about zombies.

The zombie has cropped up in many forms—in film, in television, and as a cultural phenomenon in zombie walks and zombie awareness months—but few books have looked at what the zombie means in fiction. Tim Lanzendörfer fills this gap by looking at a number of zombie novels, short stories, and comics, and probing what the zombie represents in contemporary literature. Lanzendörfer brings together the most recent critical discussion of zombies and applies it to a selection of key texts including Max Brooks’s World War Z, Colson Whitehead’s Zone One, Junot Díaz’s short story “Monstro,” Robert Kirkman’s comic series The Walking Dead, and Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Within the context of broader literary culture, Lanzendörfer makes the case for reading these texts with care and openness in their own right. Lanzendörfer contends that what zombies do is less important than what becomes possible when they are around. Indeed, they seem less interesting as metaphors for the various ways the world could end than they do as vehicles for how the world might exist in a different and often better form.

Barry Bannon and his dog, Lucy, walk every day in Marshfield Grove, the biggest cemetery in Marshfield. They've seen several ghosts, so that doesn't bother Barry. But zombies are a different matter! When zombies begin kidnapping neighborhood dogs to eat their brains, they steal the ghost dog of Alma Simmons's ghost. Alma doesn't want to be alone, so she takes Lucy for company. Barry will not rest until his dog is back. Can Barry and the other Zombie Hunters find the missing dogs and get rid of the zombies without being killed themselves? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers a comprehensive overview of the year in horror, a necrology of recently deceased luminaries, and a list of indispensable addresses horror fans and writers. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

In recent years, zombies have become perhaps the most talked about monsters in popular culture worldwide. In these pages, readers will learn the legendary origins of the living dead, including the development of zombie tales in Haitian folklore and how those tales made it back to the United States—where Hollywood quickly took over. From there, the text traces out the various manifestations of zombies in film, including such classics as White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and the contemporary hit TV series The Walking Dead. A filmography supplements the text with a thorough list of the big screen’s zombie offerings!

This handbook examines the use of horror in storytelling, from oral traditions through folklore and fairy tales to contemporary horror fiction. Divided into sections that explore the origins and evolution of horror fiction, the recurrent themes that can be seen in horror, and ways of understanding horror through literary and cultural theory, the text analyses why horror is so compelling, and how we should interpret its presence in literature. Chapters explore historical horror aspects including ancient mythology, medieval writing, drama, chapbooks, the Gothic novel, and literary Modernism and trace themes such as vampires, children and animals in horror, deep dark forests, labyrinths, disability, and imperialism. Considering horror via postmodern theory, evolutionary psychology, postcolonial theory, and New Materialism, this handbook investigates issues of gender and sexuality, race, censorship and morality, environmental studies, and literary versus popular fiction.

In the madness of the Zombie Apocalypse, amid the throngs of living dead and terrified victims, the littlest zombie roams. He's just an inquisitive chap filled with curiosity about the world on fire around him. Pushed around by his fellow undead (who always get to the brains first), and positively frowned upon by the remaining living citizens, the poor little guy just wants a friend. And maybe something to chew on. Like your face.

This groundbreaking collection provides students with a timely and accessible overview of current trends within contemporary popular fiction.