Book of the Dead is an all-original short story
anthology published in 1989, edited by
John Skipp and
Craig Spector.
Contents (bolded authors are those I was familiar with before reading this)
- Foreward, by George Romero, whose universe of zombies provides the logic and background for the stories in the book.
- Introduction, On Going Too Far, or Flesh Eating Zombies: New Hope For The Future, by Skipp and Spector
- Blossom, by Chan McConnell
- Mess Hall, by Richard Laymon
- It Helps If You Sing, by Ramsey Campbell
- Home Delivery, by Stephen King
- Wet Work, by Phillip Nutman
- A Sad Last Love At The Diner Of The Damned, by Edward Bryant
- Bodies and Heads, by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Choices, by Glen Vassey
- The Good Parts, by Les Daniels
- Less Than Zombie, by Douglas E. Winter
- Like Pavlov's Dogs, by Steven R. Boyett
- Saxophone, by Nicholas Royle
- On The Far Side Of The Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks, by Joe R. Lansdale
- Dead Giveaway, by Brian Hodge
- Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy, by David J. Schow
- Eat Me, by Robert R. McCammon
The authors of this anthology are a list of the splatterpunks. Only Lewis Shiner, Rex Miller, and Clive Barker are missing.