The smart beachgoing tourist packs plenty of sunscreen, uses a blanket to keep the sand out of his shorts, and always watches when the kids play in the ocean. But how many tourists know what to do when the rotting denizens of Hell come shambling out of the green Pacific? This is the problem for Lincoln City, Oregon, a beachfront town that wakes up one day to find it's been overrun by the undead.

Steven Mohan, Jr. has published scores of short stories in markets as diverse as INTERZONE, POLYPHONY, and PARADOX, as well as several DAW original anthologies. His short fiction has won honorable mention in THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION and THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR.