Introduction: The long and shambling trail to the top of the undead monster heap / John Skipp Zombies of the old school: Lazarus / Leonid Andreyev Dead men working in the cane fields / W. B. Seabrook The return of Timmy Baterman / Stephen King The emmisary / Ray Bradbury A case of the stubborns / Robert Bloch It / Theodore Sturgeon Lie still, sleep becalmed / Steve Duffy Bitter grounds / Neil Gaiman Sea oak / George Saunders The late shift / Dennis Etchison A zombie's lament / S. G. Browne Best served cold / Justine Musk Post emancipation: The dead gather on the bridge to Seattle / Adam Golaski The quarantine act / Mehitobel Wilson The good parts / Les Daniels Bodies and heads / Steve Rasnic Tem On the far side of the Cadillac desert with dead folks / Joe R. Lansdale Like Pavlov's dogs / Steven R. Boyett Jerry's kids meet wormboy / David J. Schow Eat me / Robert R. McCammon The visitor / Jack Ketchum The prince of Nox / Kathe Koja Call me doctor / Eric Shapiro Great wall : a story from the zombie war / Max Brooks Calcutta, lord of nerves / Poppy Z. Brite God save the queen / John Skipp and Marc Levinthal We will rebuild / Cody Goodfellow Sparks fly upwards / Lisa Morton Lemon knives 'n' cockroaches / Carlton Mellick III Zaambi / Terry Morgan and Christopher Morgan The zombies of Madison County / Douglas E. Winter Dead like me / Adam-Troy Castro