Mark McLaughlin's 2003 story collection, Once Upon A Slime, gathered into one volume all of his entries in the World Horror Convention's Gross-Out Story-Reading Contests. His readings have always placed high in the contest over the years, and he has won first place twice. That collection also included more of McLaughlin's hilarious tales, told in his wicked and inimitable style.Now this new trade paperback, Slime After Slime, takes the very best tales from Once Upon A Slime and combines them with a fresh new crop of shocking stories, making this volume the definitive collection of McLaughlin's most gruesome and goo-some work.Ellen Datlow, acclaimed editor of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, has called Bram Stoker Award-winning author Mark McLaughlin ?The Clown Prince of Horror.' So strap yourself in, because the Prince is sending some king-sized shockwaves your way...time after time, SLIME AFTER SLIME.