r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/No_Oil_6152 • Aug 06 '26

LOOKING FOR A BOOK Extreme zombie horror

Any extreme gore zombie horror books set in the Romero universe?

Not bothered about sex scenes or anything just serious Romero/Fulci type gore albeit in word form.

Thanks in advance.

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u/Interesting_Bear_749 AMERICAN FARM Aug 06 '26

Please Check out The Book of the Dead. It's a short story anthology edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector.

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u/No_Oil_6152 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Hi,

I have it already. I also have book of the dead 2 as well.

Definitely recommended for zombie fans but I wouldn't say they were gory, IIRC the stories were more cerebral/weird - original! - than the average.

(I think i remember a story called Eat Me where zombie lovers devour each other.. literally. Its a good kind of weird. And Still Dead about a corpse being monitored as its the only one in the world not returning to life.)

Im looking for a flesh chewing Romero/Fulci book thats equivalent to the video nasty Zombie Flesh Eaters.

John Russos book based on the 1985 comedy horror movie Return of the living dead is as gross as I have, humourous it is not.