Michael Patrick Hicks is fast becoming one of the first authors I think of when the topic of unflinching horror fiction comes up. Hicks routinely comes up with some of the nastiest ideas and delights in pushing the reader right up into the gore so that we may fully appreciate the slick, sticky monstrosities he has created.

The Resurrectionists takes place in post-Revolutionary War NYC during a time when grave robbing was common as doctors sought to understand human anatomy better. One sympath...