The Angry Dead. Collection

They walk slowly, shuffling. They want only one thing—to eat our brains. Their flesh is rotten and their eyes are glassy… They are zombies! Zombie fascists, zombie cosmo-ship crew, zombie rebels, zombie service staff, zombie prostitutes, and zombie nuns. Which kind of zombie will you choose?

Contents:

RICHARD MATHESON — "Who Wants Will Achieve." Description: He came to himself in a dark enclosed space. Were they burying him alive? He, the head of the firm, has many enemies and envious people… But as his favorite motto goes—who wants will achieve! There are no hopeless situations…

VIKTOR SALVA — "Vagabond Unholy Ones." Description: A detachment of fascists, pushing through crowds of zombies, finds shelter in a remote mountain monastery. But it turns out that staying within the walls of this sanctuary is even more dangerous than in a snow-covered forest surrounded by wandering unholy ones.

SCOTT EDELMAN — "What He Used to Be." Description: In this world there are only three left—the father, the mother, and the son. With weapons in hand they are busy every day with the same thing—killing zombies that have filled everything around. This unpleasant occupation is made worse by constant conflicts arising between these, supposedly normal, people.

PETER TREMEIN — "Márb Bheo." Description: The narrator is interested in the living dead, about whom countless stories circulate in Ireland. He seeks someone who could tell him all these fables—then he’ll be able to make an excellent TV broadcast! An old woman advises the narrator to consult Father Doheny…

MICHAEL SUENWICK — "Dead." Description: In the world of big business, everything is bought and sold—even human corpses. Especially "animated" human corpses, because from them you get excellent servants and workers, boxers and prostitutes. But until recently, producing them was too expensive, and only very rich people could afford a zombie servant. Now the company "Loeb-Soffner" is preparing a real bomb for the market: a way to drastically reduce the cost of dead goods and, accordingly, increase production volumes. On the eve of launching a new project, the management of "Loeb-Soffner" makes Donald—a talented top manager from a competing company—an offer to move to their team. But the hero realizes that something bigger than his career is at stake…

WILLIAM TENN — "Angry Dead." Description: People wage a long war against the aeonians and feel a constant shortage of living manpower on the battlefields. This forces women to remain constantly pregnant and give birth to children. In addition, the killed soldiers are delivered to a junk factory, where living soldiers are assembled from dead tissues—zombies.

JO LANSDALE — "On the Far End of the Cadillacs With the Deadfolk." Description: Wayne hunts Calhoun, a rapist and murderer. He hopes to turn him over to justice and receive the reward he deserves. But when Calhoun is in his hands and he’s already driving across the Cadillacs desert toward the City of Law, an unexpected obstacle appears in Wayne’s way, shattering all his plans.