Joe McKinney Books in Order

After hurricanes devastate Texas, a virus brings the dead back as ravenous attackers. San Antonio police officer Eddie Hudson joins other survivors in a desperate fight through his overrun city, hoping to reach and protect his family.

During a deadly flu outbreak in quarantined San Antonio, detective Lily Harris discovers a murder victim among the plague dead. Her investigation exposes a government conspiracy as another viral strain emerges and the trapped city's unrest grows.

An infected passenger escaping quarantined Texas helps spread the zombie plague worldwide. Retired marshal Ed Moore leads strangers toward a North Dakota refuge, where a preacher's disturbing beliefs may make sanctuary as dangerous as the undead outside.

Small-time San Antonio dealer Peto Hurst attempts to leave crime with enough money to satisfy his wealthy girlfriend. His plan enrages the Mexican Mafia, leaving him hunted by gangsters while police pressure and his relationship add further complications.

Hurricanes flood Houston, releasing a zombie plague that traps survivors between the undead and an enforced quarantine. Emergency operations sergeant Eleanor Norton struggles to preserve order while finding a way to protect her husband, daughter, and fellow survivors.

Eight tales explore haunted police officers and cosmic horrors, including genetically engineered fire ants threatening a Texas town. Alongside supernatural encounters and a detective's lingering guilt, a nonfiction account examines the author's investigation of a century-old cold case.

Rookie San Antonio cop Paul Henninger is haunted by his father's ghost and the consequences of inherited black magic. As ritual killings make Paul a suspect, detective Keith Anderson investigates family secrets that threaten them both.

Bob Richardson and fellow survivors flee the violent rule of the Red Man and seek shelter at an abandoned farm. Their refuge faces a new danger as the undead begin cooperating, making the already overwhelming zombie plague more threatening.

Forty-four zombie authors share approaches to creating stories about the undead. Their contributions discuss influences, styles, and experiences across novels, short fiction, film, and television, offering aspiring writers ideas for developing their own work in the genre.

Dr. Robert Bell moves his family into a house provided by a Texas college. Its rebuilding followed a devastating 1933 fire, and the Bell family's hoped-for fresh start soon collides with the grief and horrors lingering within.

During a dull 1961 summer at Lake Livingston, fifteen-year-old Mark Gaitlin meets a mysterious local girl. Their encounter draws him beyond country club life into snake-handling religion, abandoned villages, ghosts, and dangerous secrets from his wealthy family's past.

A cartel's engineered zombie virus is smuggled onto a cruise ship, exposing passengers and threatening the coast. Delta Force operative Juan Perez and a SEAL team must contain the outbreak before the vessel spreads the plague beyond its decks.

Zombie outbreaks reshape lives across connected and separate apocalyptic worlds in this collection of McKinney’s short fiction. Survivors face desperate choices as institutions collapse, while historical and political stories explore how the living respond when the dead refuse to remain buried.

After a hurricane strikes Houston in 1983, teenager Mark Eckert plans to explore the Clear Lake swamps with friends and his dog. An encounter with a possibly supernatural killer turns the summer into a fight for survival.

Thirty years after a zombie outbreak, young explorers leave an isolated Arkansas compound to survey the surrounding ruins. Hoping to recover knowledge and resources, their expedition encounters infected hordes, wild predators, and dangerous remnants of human society.

Three survivors find apparent shelter at an island research facility off Texas after civilization collapses. Discovering that its scientists' experiments could release new armies of the undead forces them to challenge the people offering supplies and sanctuary.