Roadkills

by Christa Faust, Joseph M. Monks, Hart D. Fisher

Horror anthology, with front cover illustration by Bernie Wrightson

english and spanish

64 pages, Chapbook

Published January 1, 2003

About the author

Christa Faust is an American author who writes original novels, as well as novelizations and media tie-ins.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

So this horror anthology chapbook, Roadkills, has a great cover illustration by Bernie Wrightson. But are the stories any good? The answer to that question is, "Yes!" The first story, Roadkill, by Christa Faust, reads like a grim Gen X Twilight Zone episode, but written at a time before Gen Xers started getting married, having kids, and paying down mortgages. I'm not a fan of serial killer fiction, but if someone reading this review is, I'm sure they will like Choices, by Hart D. Fisher. Zombie fiction and films are a horror subgenre that I do enjoy, and Walkers, by Joseph M. Monks, was no exception. It reminded me of The Walking Dead, so much so that I had to look up when the comic book first came out: 2003, the same year this chapbook was published. While I'm certain there was absolutely no plagiarism committed by Robert Kirkman or Joseph M. Monks, it was surprising that at roughly the same time they both mined a similar concept (show what happens after the zombie film is over) and used "walkers" as a synonym for the living dead.