Breaking Bad meets Night of the Living Dead in this manically energetic, stunningly written debut that pits a crystal meth addict against the zombie apocalypse.

"Certain to invite comparisons to Hubert Selby and Cormac McCarthy . one scalding pressure cooker of a novel, and I advise you to buckle up and hold on tight because you're in for one hell of a ride." -- Donald Ray Pollock "Fiend is a no-holds barred shocker with finely drawn characters suffering in every way imaginable, and Stenson imagines a lot of ways. Grimtastic." Sunday Sport "Paranoia sets in, nerves become stretched, the drugs fuelling fantasies and possibilities and the book comes to an end with a sorry sense of hopelessness and despair. I loved this book and can't wait for more from Peter." SF Books "Keeps you reading by dragging you from one hammer blow to the next." ImagineFX "This is the real meat. The last zombie novel you'll ever need." -- Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine and Twisted Little Vein

Peter Stenson is an MFA candidate at Colorado State University. His stories and essays have been published in The Sun, Confrontation, Post Road, Fugue, Passages North, The Pinch, Blue Mesa Review, Upstreet, and elsewhere.