Released October 6th, 2009. See the Crown Books site for more information.

Announcing the contest winners for the second prize period of 2009:

1st Place: ISLANDS by Pete Bevan

Runner up: THOSE WHO FALL IN SILENCE by Patrick M Tracy

A huge thanks to all of our contributors and readers – without you this site is nothing. We owe the authors a debt of thanks for helping us succeed in the fight against the undead.

Lead them to victory.

The winners of the first contest period of 2009

1st Place: Sweet Like Maple Sugar by Jeffrey DeRego

2nd Place: Black Cats and Hungry Ghosts by Natalie L. Sin

Thank you all for writing and reading the stories on our site. This contest period was the most heavily contested so far, and selecting winners has gotten more and more difficult.

Tales of the Zombie War is proud to present the first in a series of French translations of our stories thanks to the efforts of Nina Khmielnitzky. Please spread the word to your French-speaking compatriots in the fight against the undead.

1st Place: Delivery 404 by Stephen M. Dare

2nd Place: Zombie Town by Adam Francis Smith

Again, we are incredibly grateful to our authors and to our readers. The quality of submissions to the site has been incredible, and we love the discussions that start in the comments.

sincerest thanks,

Ryan West
Editor, Tales of the Zombie War