Floaters: A Victorian Zombie Adventure

“Peaky Blinders meets Return of the Living Dead…Bloody, violent fun!”—Todd Keisling, Stoker award nominated author of Devil's Creek“A tale of London’s scum that is visceral, shocking, and fast, Boatman’s Floaters is historical horror at its best.”—Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lee MurrayFire and plague. Certainly no strangers to London Town. But when legions of living dead rise from the Thames’ fetid waters to feast upon the living, the city teeters on the brink of antihalation. And while floaters seek blood, another army takes advantage of the chaos. Boiling out of their rookeries of crime, marauders swarm through London’s affluent neighborhoods looting and burning.Hooligans vs the Living Dead: A Victorian Zombie Adventure!With the beleaguered police and the Queen’s army battling twin plagues—human and inhuman—London’s criminal youth gangs join forces to save their city. Will Tagget, leader of the Lambeth Lads, together with his enemies Bill Drummond of the Drury Lane Gang, bull-necked George Fish of the Elephant and Castle Gang, shillelagh-wielding Dirk Bogart of the New Cut Gang, Quincy Bird of City Road, along with their female counterparts—Lambeth Kate, Queen Jane, New Cut Beth, Razor Lil and Dirty Deidre—set out on an adventure the telling of which might earn a man a lifetime of free drinks. If he lives to tell it.Will these violent gangs put aside their rivalries long enough to get the job done?Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.

Todd Keisling, Bram Stoker Award nominated author of Devil's Creek

"Garrett Boatman's Floaters is like Peaky Blinders meets Return of the Living Dead. The story hits the ground running and doesn't let up until the explosive end. Bloody, violent fun!"

Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lee Murray

"A tale of London's scum that is visceral, shocking, and fast, Boatman's Floaters is historical horror at its best."

Polly Schattel, author of The Occultists

"I was delighted to score an advance copy of this novella, and loved its wonderfully go-for-broke approach. Victorian and Edwardian stories are often seen as polite chamber dramas, full of manners and tobacco and tweed, but Garrett Boatman proves they can be just as visceral as any other period. He doesn't shy away from the good stuff, from the stuff you really want to see, and you come away from this one fat and happy and with a little blood on you. Get ready!"

Curtis M. Lawson, author of Black Heart Boys' Choir "The events take place over a very short space of time; most of the book is dedicated to a single night of action. This means there's no saggy middle, and with the constant pressure, the story moves along at a great pace. The environment is also used to good effect, with the fog of Victorian London the perfect place to hide hoards of the undead, and with Garrett's knowledge of the city and its waterways, you are grounded in time and place."

"Garrett Boatman reanimates the zombie genre with Floaters. Set against the backdrop of street life in 19thCentury London, Floaters is an impeccably researched and riveting horror adventure. Boatman paints a grim portrait of Victorian-era gang life and vividly portrays his terrifying vision of the undead."

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