Zombie Raccons and Killer Bunnies!

Apparently, according to one of the guys who works there, the Highcross Waterstones in Leicester sells more zombie books than any other Waterstones. It certainly has an impressive collection, all the more important given the limited size of the store and therefore the SFF section.
I hope it's true, it pleases me somehow to think of Leicester as being the spiritual home of zombies in the UK (and yes there are several cheap shots you could take here, I would if I were you).

Anyway, it was in this store and over this book that I had the conversation so I thought i'd share. I was soo pleased to see this anthology, having craved it ever since I saw the cover on the League of Reluctant Adults site.

So onto the book. It's a solid anthology, I read it cover to cover which is unusual for me, it has stories by Carrie Vaughn and Anton Strout and normally i'd have gone straight for those. Instead I went though story by story in order and was delighted. There is a real blend of critter related tales, a boy whose pet cats may have been eaten by a god, a cat joining forces with a super squirrel to deal with a crow problem, an
old war between foxes and hunters and killer BunRabs coming from the east.
There's a good balance of horror, fantasy and silliness. You do need to be really ready to suspend disbelief and enjoy but if you can do that it's a quick and easy read.
Also, is that not the most wonderfully ridiculous cover you have ever seen?