Formed in 1901 by U.S. Steel Corporation, the Pittsburgh Steamship Company became the largest commercial fleet in the world and assumed a dominant role in Great Lakes shipping and the American steel industry. Tin Stackers tells its story: the ships, the men who sailed them, and the conditions that shaped their times. Drawing on company records and interviews with officials and sailors, Miller tells how the fleet kept organized labor off Great Lakes ships while leading the way in efficient operation, technological advancement, and employee safety. He emphasizes the human element in the company's history by relating the personal challenges faced by crews, and includes many archival photographs. Now navigating the waters of the lakes as the USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc., these ships continue to play a part in commerce. Tin Stackers preserves their role in industrial history.

WARNING If you are frightened easily, if you have night or day terrors, or if you have a heart condition, think very carefully before you read or view the images in Voyeur Dead Reloaded. Witness the end of the world though the eyes of a voyeur in this photographic journal of the zombie apocalypse, where a predator finds himself face to camera with the walking dead. Predator becomes prey, and the voyeur must look to his victims for salvation as he tries to escape the undead hordes while still trying to capture the subject of his desire.

Coven Delacruz is the next big thing in horror and film. You can be sure of it. He does it all; writer, director, actor, producer, editor, photographer and eFX master. His outstanding and inspired work has brought him praise, devotion, and admiration from his friends, his fans, all the people he has worked with, and those who have interviewed him. He is the product of a strong work ethic and a desire to be the best at what he loves to do. This book is about Coven the filmmaker, the artist, the fan, the friend, and the movie lover. It covers his early years, projects (both past, present, and future), awards, life, friends, and some of the secrets behind his filmmaking and amazing eFX. He is living his dream, or more accurately, his nightmare. Welcome to it...

Dr. Cheryl Barrett likes to think she got into medicine to help people... to save lives. While that may be true to a certain extent, the real reason has been chasing her since her father's death. She's just never been able to face it, and has never really wanted to. Tonight will not only test her as a doctor, but it will test her as a person. The world will change in an instant, and so will she... You see, for the next few hours no one will die and no one will be born anywhere on Earth. Stranger still, this begins at Midnight on Christmas Day, by time zone. Many people that by all accounts should be dead will not be. They will have no vital signs; no heartbeat, no body temperature, and no brainwaves... Technically not alive but obviously not dead they will walk, talk, and move like they always have... For the most part. Cold Blood: The End. More Dead than Human, more Human than Dead... This story appears in The Undead Nation Anthology along with 13 other ghoulish tales. Check it out

Hello and goodbye. My name is Penny Goodfellow and I am about to die. Again... After tonight, there will be no more monsters. You see, I'm the last.

Love Bites. Hate Eats... The "Zombie" Apocalypse is coming. It's not "if" it's "when," and if you think you are going to be one of the brave survivors you see in the movies and video games or read about in books and graphic novels you are sadly mistaken. You know who I mean, the handsome and tough hero who was a Navy Seal that women love and men want to be. Or the beautiful, big breasted, brilliant heroine with a PhD in "Science." You aren't even the wisecracking sidekick who lives to defend the heroes. You are a regular person, an everyman. Just as I was before I created this fully illustrated guidebook. So face it, the odds are much more in favor of you becoming one of the undead. A ghoul. A Dead. A "Zombie." But don't worry, there is hope. There are ways for you to "live" a very rewarding "life" after you turn. How long, well that depends. But you might as well enjoy it while you can. Sure, it's not as cool as being a vampire. They get the late nights partying, looking like the heroes I mentioned above, the cool clothes, and getting to sleep all day. No, you will be a staggering, oozing, puss-filled mess. But how can you fight Healthies armed with weapons that can be anything from a boy with a screwdriver to a soldier with an automatic rifle? You will not only have physical limitations but you will also be stupid, right? Wrong. Many "zombies" retain much of their intelligence after they turn. The ones that are out in the open and shuffling toward people who have guns or other weapons are the dumb ones. The ones that weren't prepared. The smart ones know what to do. They go unnoticed. They wait for their chance to attack. They plot. But if the "Zombie Apocalypse" is coming and hasn't happened yet, how do I know all of this? Because it has already started. It just hasn't reached you yet, or maybe you're not aware. The mind can play tricks. And because I'm Hetfield Madden. And I'm a "Zombie..".

Love Bites. Hate Eats... The "Zombie" Apocalypse is coming. It's not "if" it's "when," and if you think you are going to be one of the brave survivors you see in the movies and video games or read about in books and graphic novels you are sadly mistaken. You know who I mean, the handsome and tough hero who was a Navy Seal that women love and men want to be. Or the beautiful, big breasted, brilliant heroine with a PhD in "Science." You aren't even the wisecracking sidekick who lives to defend the heroes. You are a regular person, an everyman. Just as I was before I created this fully illustrated guidebook. So face it, the odds are much more in favor of you becoming one of the undead. A ghoul. A Dead. A "Zombie." But don't worry, there is hope. There are ways for you to "live" a very rewarding "life" after you turn. How long, well that depends. But you might as well enjoy it while you can. Sure, it's not as cool as being a vampire. They get the late nights partying, looking like the heroes I mentioned above, the cool clothes, and getting to sleep all day. No, you will be a staggering, oozing, puss-filled mess. But how can you fight Healthies armed with weapons that can be anything from a boy with a screwdriver to a soldier with an automatic rifle? You will not only have physical limitations but you will also be stupid, right? Wrong. Many "zombies" retain much of their intelligence after they turn. The ones that are out in the open and shuffling toward people who have guns or other weapons are the dumb ones. The ones that weren't prepared. The smart ones know what to do. They go unnoticed. They wait for their chance to attack. They plot. But if the "Zombie Apocalypse" is coming and hasn't happened yet, how do I know all of this? Because it has already started. It just hasn't reached you yet, or maybe you're not aware. The mind can play tricks. And because I'm Hetfield Madden. And I'm a "Zombie..".

The Undead Nation and Zilyon Publishing announce the all-new Horror/SciFi/Fantasy Anthology entitled The Undead Nation Anthology compiled by Alan R. Gandy (Author of the novel Voyeur Dead) and Calvin A. L. Miller II (Author of the novel Het Madden, A Zombie Perspective). All royalties received from CreateSpace for the sale of this book are being donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The Authors, Creators, and Publisher of this Anthology graciously gave their stories, their time, and their effort to this cause. Be warned, The Undead Nation Anthology contains Zombies, Werewolves, Vampires, Aliens, and other Monsters and Paranormal Beings. The diversity in the genres of the fourteen great stories and the writing styles of the talented independent authors make this book a fun and scary read. We hope you enjoy it The Undead Nation Anthology includes the eleven authors who won The Undead Nation Short Fiction Contest, as well as the winner of Crypticon Seattle's 2010 Writing Contest. Authors: T.L. Mitchell- Silver Moon Lyle Perez-Tinics- Dement JZ Murdock- Gumdrop City Rhonda E. Kachur- Rebecca Audy Mytron- Entire Journal Alan R. Gandy- Satan's Cadaver Christina Rause- A Walk Deferred Drew McKay- The Eye in the Mirrors Jenna M. Pitman- I am Become Death Holly K. Wood- Decapoda Animusicide Calvin A. L. Miller II- Cold Blood: The End Opal Zushaquon- The Blighted Legacy of Nicanor Lavan P. H. Clarke- I Will Let The Warm Blood Drive My Thoughts Erik Tavares- Wocka Wocka Bridge (Crypticon Seattle Winner) Original Cover Design, Illustrations, and Artwork by Alan R. Gandy

Written entirely from the perspective of a zombie named Hetfield Madden, the story follows Het from normal life, through infection, and then to his subsequent transformation into a monster. When he realizes that he's become something less than what he was, he struggles to come to grips with his new reality. The biggest challenge confronting this transition? Accepting the fact that he is now a zombie. Rather than merely the mindless, gruesome ghouls so often depicted in movies, Het and his fellow zombies view themselves as infected outcasts burdened by a sickness from which they can't seem to heal. Compounding their troubles is the fact that the government and society at-large ("Healthies") have completely rejected them, preferring to herd them into internment camps than help them recover their humanity. In light of everything confronting him, Het is forced to undergo a lot of spiritual reflection if he ever hopes to regain everything he's ever cared about. The age-old doomsday scenario of a post-apocalyptic world is twisted and told from the perspective of the diseased masses. it is written to inspire empathy in readers and invite them to consider just how it would feel to be afflicted by such a horrendous twist of fate and come face-to-face with society's prejudices and hypocritical leanings that effect even the slightest of our everyday decisions. There are also spiritual, religious, and political undertones woven throughout. Het Madden, A Zombie Perspective CalvinALMillerII.com [email protected]

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