A collection of unnerving tales: - - by Michael Callahan - - So, It Has come to this, Ten Dollars is All , Clemency, Persephone in Flight, Cherry, Her Story, Fuzibol of Goden (#237 The Mighty Fall) - - by Paul-Thomas Ferguson - - The Wrong Toolbox, From the Heart, The Unforgotten's Reign, The East Stairwell, Just Three More Minutes, My Brother's Keeper, Gnomestradamus, The Bellkeeper - - by David James Keaton - - Suckerpunchingbag

A risible struggle between love and subversion of the western genre, PIG IRON takes place in the desert town of Aqua Fria after the wells have run dry, where crazed townsfolk drink whiskey instead of water, priming their bodies, as well as their situation, for combustion. Myths are exploded, horses are treated with little respect, atheist preachers hurl Bible quotes without irony, and villains and heroes sweat booze as their time runs out. They have three days before they die of dehydration. Only three days to search for illusive treasure, right perceived wrongs, and battle murderous...

A collection of horror fiction that's both a love letter and a middle finger to the zombie saturation of our culture. It's the backlash to the backlash, as zombies are finally unfashionable enough to be cool again. Inside, you will rehearse end-of-the-world scenarios with the staff of a tourist trap, follow an undead love triangle struggling to survive a tipping point of post-modern, pop-culture references, and enjoy one small apocalypse after another as the living continue to adapt to a new world of the dead, where they'll finally discover who is hungrier. Don't let these poor souls dine in...