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This mostly dark, disturbing, and bite-sized collection of 10 short stories is as much inspired by true crime events as it is a love letter to midnight monster movies. It is, at times, post-apocalyptic and violent, with glimpses of gore and seemingly hopeless moments of stillness, but it is often uncomfortable.

After a horde of the living dead ravaged the town of New Haven, Eddie and his band of road-weary survivors escape only to return to the road and head up the coast. The Caulfields remain steadfast, determined more than ever to stand their ground against the living dead. Sheriff Davis and a small group of survivors sit trapped in a holding cell, facing an almost-certain doom. Ben, a serial killer left for dead on a rooftop, reanimates with a score to settle. Scientists in the Mount Weather Special Facility have discovered that there's more to the living dead than reanimated flesh. 

Feareater is a supernatural thriller in which Anissa Jones, wanting a better life for herself and her mother, runs away. Anissa leaves her mother to choose between a loving daughter or an abusive husband. With her best friend, Geraldine, in tow, they find shelter at a nearby abandoned housing development. They are not alone, however. In the woods is a woman who feeds on fear.

Occult investigator Sam Logan receives a cryptic call about a man’s missing son that leads him and his partner, Carter Mason - a disabled veteran - into a small town infested with vampires. With each hour they spend in town after dark they discover just how deep the infestation runs and just how unlikely father and son will be reunited. Trail of Blood is an exciting, blood-soaked, pause-resister for fans of The Lost Boys and Hellblazer.

A band of road-weary survivors struggle to find refuge from the living dead. A family barricaded in their home hold fast as the living dead besiege their town. Scientists working under the thumb of the United States government sequestered away in the Mount Weather Special Facility are trying desperately to understand why the dead are returning to life, and they might have found out why… Stay Dead is a fast-paced journey through the ruined streets of a world gasping for one last breath.