Beach Blanket Zombie: Weird Tales of the Undead & Other Humano...

Beach Blanket Zombie: Weird Tales of the Undead & Other Humanoid HorrorsZombies are insatiable, relentless feasters, and their savage appetite for living flesh has given Bram Stoker Award-winning author Mark McLaughlin plenty of food for thought. His story collection BEACH BLANKET ZOMBIE features 33 stories of the living dead and other humanoid monstrosities. Upon reading BEACH BLANKET ZOMBIE, you will learn about zombies created by Internet witches, and discover the bizarre secrets of the isle of Zovemba, also known as Zombie Island. And that's not all. To satisfy your hunger for horror, McLaughlin has added even more stories about other types of humanoid creatures. Fiends and freaks come in many forms, and some of the very worst attempt to pass for people. In this collection, you will such ghastly, pulse-pounding tales of the macabre as "Beach Blanket Zombie," "Vulture Soup for the Soulless," "The Agony of Claude Bawls," "Tears of the Expressionist Aphrodite," "Cyber-Vengeance of the Internet Witches," "ZOM BEE MOO VEE," "Tell Your Secrets to the Slime," "The Bloody Woman and the Chameleon Man, Also Known as Mom and Dad," "Hello! My Name is Halja," "Notes Concerning the Death and/or Decomposition of Reality, "The Tale Of The Cat-Headed Man, The Man-Headed Dog, and the Lady With Rats For Hands" ... and many more. What others are saying about the fiction of Mark McLaughlin: "In the most devious manner, McLaughlin's stories achieve a high degree of demonism by perpetuating a sinister 'humor' at the gallows of the human comedy."-- Author Thomas Ligotti "Listen up. Noel Coward is back. Salvador Dali is back. Dylan Thomas is back. And they're all rolled into one in the shape of Mark McLaughlin who writes stories that are wonderfully witty, surrealistic and ineffably strange. Absolutely fabulous. .... If your palette is jaded, come to the feast that is Mark McLaughlin."-- Author Simon Clark

About the Author

Mark McLaughlin is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more. Many of his books fit within the literary tradition of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert W. Chambers, and Robert Bloch. His latest paperback releases are the story collections, Empress Of The Living Dead: 25 Tales Of Horror & The Bizarre; City Of Living Shadows & More Lovecraftian Tales with Michael Sheehan, Jr.; The House Of The Ocelot & More Lovecraftian Nightmares with Michael Sheehan, Jr.; Horrors & Abominations: 24 Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos with Michael Sheehan, Jr.; Hideous Faces, Beautiful Skulls; Best Little Witch-House In Arkham; and Dracula Transformed & Other Bloodthirsty Tales with Michael McCarty. Mark McLaughlin and Michael Sheehan, Jr. have collaborated on the following Kindle story collections: The Abominations Of Nephren-Ka & Three More Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos; The Horror In The Water Tower & Five More Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos; The Blasphemy In The Canopic Jar & More Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos; Shoggoth Apocalypse & More Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos; The Relic In The Egyptian Gallery & More Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos; The Creature In The Waxworks: Tales Of Weird & Lovecraftian Horror; The Testament Of Cthulhu: Tales Of Weird Fantasy & Horror; Stainless Steel Sarcophagus: Tales of Lovecraftian Fantasy & Horror; The Idol In The Hedge Maze: A Lovecraftian Novelette; Pyramid Of The Shoggoths; Horrors Of The Trash Island: A Lovecraftian Eco-Nightmare; and Yuletide Mementos: A Tale Of Lovecraftian Horror.

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