The smell of hope is burning flesh… The howlers are eating each other. What is left of humanity has a chance to breathe at last. Each group that forms has to consider how they will begin anew. They must come together on how to take care of the remaining monsters, grow food, teach kids, and deal with their dead…or fall apart in the pitted wasteland left to them by the zombie apocalypse. Can humanity get it right this time? Or will the last human become The Last Zombie?

In the spirit if Tony Abbott's UNDERWORLD books, comes the new kid on the block - Barkari Katari Johnson! Shy fourth-grader Bakari Katari Johnson is having a bad day. He's always coming up against Tariq Thomas, the most popular kid in their class, and today is no different. On top of that, Bakari has found a strange ring that appears to have magical powers--and the people from the ring's fantastical other world want it back! Can Bakari and his best friend Wardell stave off the intruders' attempts, keep the ring safe, and stand up to Tariq and his pal Keisha, all before the school bell rings? Media celebrity and Essence Magazine entertainment producer, Patrik Henry Bass delivers adventure, fun, fantasy and friendship in this illustrated action-packed adventure starring an African American boy hero and his classmates.

The winds of change reek of rotting flesh... When Mother Nature calls, everyone must stop to listen. Humanity has finally gone too far, and incurred the wrath of the planet itself. Ramblers roam the earth, hungry and mindless, looking to eat or be eaten. Howlers hunt the humans, their superior strength becoming overwhelming odds as the zombie apocalypse spreads to every nation. Will Mother Nature have mercy in the end? Or will everyone fall at the hands of The First Zombie?

"This is exactly the kind of intelligent, action-packed zombie thriller that fans of DJ Molles and Max Brooks will love!" -ZombieBookBlog Aboard a freighter bound for Baltimore harbor, an Iranian terrorist prepares to unleash an unimaginable horror upon the United States. The 'Wrath' is an undead plague - an infection that consumes its victims with a maddening rage and turns them into mindless blood-thirsty killers. Jack Cutter is just an ordinary guy dealing with a dreadful guilt when the virus tears through his home town. Before it's too late, Cutter will have to find a way to survive, and find a reason fight: HIS REDEMPTION.

Hope dwindles as the world dies... Prologue Prequel is a memory from the mind of a certain general that first encountered zombies years ago. When a top secret experiment goes horribly wrong, only he stands between the world and outbreak. John's Stones are his last chance at redeeming himself. Caught between the world of humans and the mind of the monster, John might be able to make a difference; or he may be throwing stones at a hurricane. Tina's Bedside has become a place for her husband to sit and watch her grow old. The zombie apocalypse requires his attention more than she does, and Tina finds her own grim solution to the problem. The Beginning of the End is the second volume in the Zombie Zero short story collection. It details the events preceding humanity's last stand against the cataclysm documented in Zombie Zero: The First Zombie. Tina’s Bedside is about a woman who has been well loved and protected for a long happy life. When the zombies come, Tina realizes what she has been protected from all this time. She’s too old to handle a zombie apocalypse right now; too old, and too tired. Tina finds her own solution to the sudden global problem.

When polite society becomes a thing of the past… Ian’s Shame has become his whole life. He used to be a pretty stand-up guy, until he got hurt. After the pain went away, Ian kept trying to get more pain pills. You should see who he hangs out with now. Michelle’s Luck has kept her alive through the looting and the chaos. Now that the monsters have crossed the pond, can it help her survive the zombie apocalypse? Michelle is hoping so; it’s all she has left. Monster Break-up might be a good metaphor for many ugly separations. In Allen’s case, both the monster and the separation are quite literal. It’s time he learns that zombie love is seldom a sweet entanglement. Monstrous Consequences is the fifth volume in the Zombie Zero short story collection. It details the events of the first outbreak in Europe during the global disaster documented in Zombie Zero: The First Zombie.

A quick-playing skirmish game of survival and horror in the aftermath of a zombie plague.

Would the real monster please step forward… Frank’s Purpose is very clear to him. He doesn’t know whether his wife brings him more joy, or his son; and there’s no need to decide. All is right with Frank’s world…until everything changes for him. Maria’s Hero is always home from work on time. When he doesn’t show, she knows that something is terribly wrong. Her only hope is to keep it together, and try to save what is left of her family. Carla’s Prayer gets interrupted by shocking news. She was asking for guidance, for the best way she could help; what she got was a zombie apocalypse. Now almost everyone needs help from someone. The Heart of the Monster is the sixth volume in the Zombie Zero short story collection. It explores the lives of those that would live as monsters during the calamity documented in Zombie Zero: The First Zombie.

Kyle Williams never concerns himself with anyone or anything that will not improve his life. But when he finds a corpse behind his couch and then his girlfriend wanders away in the middle of a zombie attack, he realizes just how alone he has allowed himself to become. As the world around him unravels, he reconnects with the one group of people he knows he can trust-his family. But can they survive when the outside world presses in, threatening to tear them apart? And what will happen when Kyle finally solves the horrifying mystery that nags at the edges of his brain? Scot McAtee fills his reader with dread and hope in this satirical horror that is sure to satisfy the postmodern nihilist hiding in the deepest recesses of his readers.

"Toxie and I love this book! What Neil Cohen has done to New Jersey is a FanToxic Page Turner!" -Lloyd Kaufman, Pres. of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger It is the eve of the first U.S. Presidential Election following the zombie apocalypse. In Exit Zero, the first book of the Exit Zero Zombie trilogy, we witnessed the first 48 hours of the zombie apocalypse as it begins in New Jersey. In the second book, Nuke Jersey, the Garden State is sealed off as a giant quarantine zone in an attempt to contain the Skell virus. The newly sworn in President chooses to lead the fractured country from Cape May. New threats and mutations emerge as the Skell virus grows strong, but is it Jersey Strong? Zombie Democracy is the final book in the trilogy. The Skell virus has now spread nationwide, and the public has demanded an election be held between two rivals, the current President and his challenger, a smooth tweeting cyber-terrorist. And who are the Virus Infected Non-Necrotic Individuals, or VINNI's, and why are they both sought after and feared? There has never been an election season as crazy as Zombie Democracy.