Twenty-two short stories, eleven of which were previously published, based on the Rot & Ruin series in which fifteen-year-old Benny Imura and his friends fight a zombie plague in a post-apocalyptic America. Includes a related comic book script.

From Nix's journal: on first night --Sunset hollow -- From Nix's journal: on Tom Imura -- Jack and Jill -- From Nix's journal: on dying -- Valley of the shadow -- From Nix's journal: on love -- Christmas feast -- From Nix's journal: on surviving -- First night memories -- From Nix's journal: on being a hero -- Overdue books -- From Nix's journal: on knowledge -- Dead and gone -- From Nik's journal: on rebellion -- Dead and gone -- From Nix's journal: On discovering your own path -- In the land of the dead -- Quick and the dead -- From Nix's journal: on being who we are -- Hero town -- From Nix's journal: on natural and supernatural -- Tooth and nail -- From Nik's journal: on hope.