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Max Brooks Bringing Us Recorded Attacks

October 6th sees the release of a new tome of zombie Armageddon from Max Brooks, Master of the Undead. One hundred forty-four pages await you from Three Rivers Press, the same folks that brought us The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, so we are virtually guaranteed another instant classic.

City of Demons (Book)

Reviewed by Morgan Elektra Written by Scott A. Johnson Published by Library of Horror

New Horror Handbook, The (Book)

Reviewed by Elaine Lamkin Written by A.S. Berman 234 pages Published by Bearmanor Media

Zombie Handbook, The (Book)

Reviewed by Elaine Lamkin Written by Rob Sacchetto 112 pages Published by Ulysses Press

World War of the Dead Coming at You

From Eric S. Brown, the zombie king, comes a new title that should be very welcome to fans of the new crop of World War II zombie films (Dead Snow) and stories ("The Wandering Unholy" by Victor Salva in the new Dark Delicacies): World War of the Dead.

Birthing House, The (Book)

Reviewed by Morgan Elektra Written by Christopher Ransom Published by St. Martin’s Press

Motion Picture Purgatory Volume 2: Preview

If you’ve been reading Dread Central for any amount of time now, you’re no doubt familiar with our weekly Motion Picture Purgatory strip, furnished to us by Montreal’s Rick Trembles.

Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters Slithers Forth

Just when you thought you had seen it all with the incredible popularity of Quirk Books' reimagining of Jane Austen's classic novel into the Regency period zombie-fest Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, now comes what sounds like an even more bizarro/hilarious blend of Regency romance and ... sea monsters!!

Get Ready For a Season of Rot

For the zombie fans among us who just cannot get enough of the shambling/sprinting dead, Permuted Press (THE go-to publisher for all cool things zombie and apocalyptic!) has a new title forthcoming.

Uncle Bob Martin: 13 Books That Stuck to the Roof of My Mind

Wall Street, they tell me, is on an upturn, and the economy is well on its way to recovery. Hooray and Huzzah!

Amazon Agrees to Be Gay

Time for a little shameless promotion! A while back Knetter and I wrote a collection of dark, disturbing, and dumb musings and then threw it all together in one book lovingly entitled -- Let's Just Agree to be Gay. There's something contained within these pages to offend, arouse, and confuse just about everyone.