SURPRISE! The Undead 2 AND The Undead 3!

[Permuted Press]

Permuted Press has a little surprise for all you zombie fans.  While we had publicly announced we were working on a sequel to The Undead, we were actually working on two sequels!  We have completely filled the first sequel and have finished collecting everything except a novella for the 2nd sequel.  Rough drafts of the cover art above, line-up for each anthology below.

The Undead: Skin and Bones (aka The Undead 2)

• Introduction by D.L. Snell
• “Cyclopean,” by David Wellington
• "Casual Friday," by Matthew Shepherd
• “The Wranglers,” by Eric S. Brown
• “The Hill,” by Eric Shapiro
• “Alive Eye for the Dead Guy,” by Ryan C. Thomas
• “The Abbot and the Dragon,” by David Dunwoody
• “Food For the Dead,” by Meghan Jurado
• “Till the Lord Comes,” by Scott Standridge
• “The Traumatized Generation,” by Murray Leeder
• “Ravenous Angels,” by Kiwi Courters
• “Something Fishy This Way Comes,” by Joel A. Sutherland
• “Agent Red,” by Philip Hansen
• “The Finger,” by Matt Hults
• "Losing Streak," by Vince Churchill
• “Skin and Bones,” a novella by D.L. Snell

The Undead: Flesh Feast (aka The Undead 3)

• Introduction by Walter Greatshell
• "Fetalfied-Gigolo" by Andre Duza   
• "Spoiled Meat" by Ryan Thomas   
• "Brownlee's Blue Flame" by David Dunwoody   
• "Under an Invisible Shadow" by David Bain   
• "Street Smarts" by Steven Cavanagh   
• "Ile Faim" by Eric Turowski   
• “Killing the Witch,” by A.C. Wise
• "Adam Repentant" by Matthew Masucci   
• "Deadtown Taxi" by Matthew Bey   
• "Memory Bones" by Michael Stone   
• "As the Day Would Quake" by Kevin Boon   
• "Wall-eyed" by Kriscinda Meadows   
• "Basic Training" by Richard Moore   
• "If You Believe" by Scott Standridge   
• "The Legend of Black Betty" by Tim Curran

[Mylefteye]

Ha, nice work. I guessed there was going to be a third Undead volume, but simultaneously? Nope, you got me there. What's 'A novella' referring to in the 2nd TOC? 

[KMeadows]

Ah-ha, I see!  Will these be released at the same time, or will you stagger them?

[Permuted Press]

What's 'A novella' referring to in the 2nd TOC? 

The novella that will end up in the anthology but has not yet been accepted.

[Permuted Press]

Will these be released at the same time, or will you stagger them?

They'll be staggered.  Skin and Bones is scheduled for April 1, 2007.  The Undead 3 is not yet scheduled.

[Mylefteye]

They'll be staggered.  Skin and Bones is scheduled for April 1, 2007.  The Undead 3 is not yet scheduled.

Damn. I thought they were coming out back-to-back.

[Permuted Press]

Damn. I thought they were coming out back-to-back.

It would be nice.  But we're not sure if it's possible for us to pull it off that way.  We're trying to get on a 1 book every 2 months schedule and that's difficult enough!

Jacob

[Joel A. Sutherland]

Skin and Bones is scheduled for April 1, 2007.

April Fool's Day! Oh, oh... There isn't another surprise in the works, is there?  

[Permuted Press]

April Fool's Day! Oh, oh... There isn't another surprise in the works, is there? 

Well... OK, we actually collected stories for the next 50 Undead anthologies.  We'll be release one on April 1 every year for the next 50 years.  Then the year after that we'll release the Undead Omnibus which collects the stories from all 51 anthologies into a single volume.   

[Dave Dunwoody]

Great news, a scheduled date for Skin & Bones too! Suddenly it all comes together. Can't wait for 'em both.

[Bret Jordan]

I will be counting the days until April 1st! Then I will restart the count on the next book. Ohhhhh, 2007 will be a long  year! 

[scottstandridge]

Fantastic. I'm very pleased to be included in both the upcoming Permuted Press anthologies. Vol. 1 knocked me out. Can't wait to read the other offerings included here.

This better not be a joke. 

[Permuted Press]

This better not be a joke. 

The 50 anthologies thing was a joke.  Nothing else is a joke--there really are 2 new Undead anthologies coming out (both in 2007 assuming no major problems).

Jacob

[Stephen Blundell]

Undead 2 and 3 ... now thats cool!
 

[Mutant]

Question about the novella for U3, Jacob: Are you guys calling for novella submissions, or do you have somebody in mind for that slot already? On the chance that you are looking for stories, what word limit are you thinking of? I'd love to take a shot at that one!
-Matt