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Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead
2015
First Published
3.82
Average Rating
256
Number of Pages

A collection of horror fiction that's both a love letter and a middle finger to the zombie saturation of our culture. It's the backlash to the backlash, as zombies are finally unfashionable enough to be cool again. Inside, you can rehearse end-of-the-world scenarios with the staff of a deadly tourist trap, follow an undead love triangle struggling to survive a tipping point of post-modern, pop-culture references, and enjoy one small apocalypse after another as the living continue to adapt to a new world of the dead, where they'll finally discover once and for all who is hungrier. Don't let these poor souls dine in vain. Also includes the irresponsible zombie movie drinking game "Send More Paramedics," which you can play while you read, drink, drive, and die, over and over again.

Avg Rating
3.82
Number of Ratings
49
5 STARS
39%
4 STARS
22%
3 STARS
22%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

David James Keaton
David James Keaton
Author · 12 books
David James Keaton received his MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and was the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flywheel Magazine. His first collection of fiction, FISH BITES COP! Stories To Bash Authorities, was named the 2014 Short Story Collection of the Year by This Is Horror and a finalist for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award. Kirkus spotlighted his debut novel, THE LAST PROJECTOR, calling it "rapidly paced and loaded with humor... a loopy, appealing mix of popular culture and thoroughly crazy people." His second collection of fiction, STEALING PROPELLER HATS FROM THE DEAD, received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly, who said, "The author's joy in his subject matter is obvious, often expressed with a sly wink and a wicked smile. Decay, both existential and physical, has never looked so good.” His most recent novel, HEAD CLEANER, was recommended by Booklist and Library Journal, who called it "light and breezy with dark undercurrents that keep the reader off-kilter" as well as "great fun." He also teaches composition and creative writing at Santa Clara University in California.
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