Carnage Road

Lamberson's (The Frenzy Way) post-zombie-apocalypse novella wastes no time getting into entrails-stomping, brain-splattering action, as members of an outlaw motorcycle gang raid a supermarket infested with animated-dead stock boys and checkout girls, only to have their haul of canned soup and beer stolen by marauding ex-cops. The gang's two surviving members, Boone and Walker, take off on their bikes, debating which meaningless destination to head for.%C2%A0 The minority of surviving humans more or less realize that they'll finally be overcome by the multitude of dead, so in the meantime the two biker buddies might as well do whatever amuses them%E2%80%94if that means visiting Los Angeles to watch dead celebrities shambling along the Walk of Fame so they can dimly admire their stars in the sidewalk, why the hell not?%C2%A0 Lamberson manages to work some witty moments into the general grossness, but like the protagonists, the story really has nowhere to go. (Apr.)