I have been looking for this book and it's predecessor for quite some time now. Finally found them together on half.com and couldn't be happier! This is a collection of "splatterpunk" short stories:


Accident D'Amour by Wildy Petoud

Impermanent Mercies by Kathe Koja

One Flesh: A Cautionary Tale by Robert Devereaux

Rant by Nancy A. Collins

Lacunae by Karl Edward Wagner

Heels by Lucy Taylor

Brian De Palma: The Movie Brute by Martin Amis

I Walk Alone by Roberta Lannes

Scape-Goats by Clive Barker

Cannibal Cats Come Out Tonight by Nancy Holder

All Flesh Is Clay by John J. Ordover

Imprint by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Twenty-Two And Absolutely Free by John Piwarski

Hooked On Buzzer by Elizabeth Massie

Pig by German Bechard

Rockin' The Midnight Hour by Anya Martin

Embers by Brian Hodge

Headturner by Kevin Andrew Murphy and Thomas S. Roche

Nothing But Enemies by Debbie Goad

Boxer by Steve Rasnic Tem

Xenophobia by Poppy Z. Brite

Dripping Crackers by Michael Ryan Zimmerman

Intimates by Melanie Tem

For You, The Living by Wayne Allen Sallee

Calling Dr. Satan: An Interview With Anton Szandor Lavey by Jim Goad

Red Shift by Shira Daemon

Within You, Without You by Paul M. Sammon

Epiphany by Christa Faust

I wasn't overly impressed with this collection. Sammon had a great thing going with the first collection, but for the most part, this one had the feel of a "Let's make more money" rush job. Some of the stories were excellent, Barker's Scape Goats, Koja's Impermanent Mercies being the best. Gave it a try, but most of the stories just weren't worth the effort.

RELEASE NOTES:

Left outside the store protected from the coming storm in a baggie. Enjoy the book!