The latest in Samuel Peralta’s _The Future Chronicles_ presents fourteen different takes on the undead theme. After downloading this anthology, I soon found myself following along into some scary dark places and joining three authors’ mailing lists.
This snappy collection includes several gems. In Ann Christy’s macabre “Vindica,” a guy prepares for the apocalypse but forgets to include his girlfriend, comes up with *almost enough* cash to pay his way, and is enslaved as soon as the stuff hits the fan, which makes him *really angry.* (Moral: if you’re riding out the apocalypse in style, at least treat the help with some respect!) In Theresa Kay’s touching “Six Days,” a mother has just that much time to do right by her child. In “Gloria,” Hugh Howey puts the reader inside the head of a self-aware, pious ghoul. David Adams’ memorable “Her” tells the tale of a trans person turned zombie. And, in his impressive “Free Fall,” Peter Cawdron weds hard science fiction to the zombie apocalypse story.
The writing needs some weed-pulling here and there, but the collection’s overall quality is high. Every contributor makes a strong effort; the stories mentioned above are just my favorites.
It’s all good fun and, in this reviewer’s opinion, well worth the modest investment. Six bucks for hours of scary-good reading? That’s some kind of bargain, if you ask me. Shamble on over to the Kindle Store and corner your copy of _The Z Chronicles_ today!
(I received an advance reader copy for purposes of reviewing this work, but then paid for a copy, figuring it’s a good idea to support talented independent authors!)
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![The Z Chronicles (Future Chronicles Book 4) by [Hugh Howey, Samuel Peralta, Jennifer Foehner Wells, David Adams, Christopher Boore, Angela Cavanaugh, Peter Cawdron, Ann Christy, Stacy Ericson, Deirdre Gould, Kris Holt, Theresa Kay, Geoffrey Wakeling, Lesley Smith, Will Swardstrom, Ellen Campbell]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/513YR920xOL._SY346_.jpg)
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