Apocalyptic Short Stories

In the post-collapse world, animals are once again returned to the top of the food chain as nearly all of the humans on the planet have perished. The budgies and bats of Davao City are expanding their colonies as nature intended when they stumble upon remnants of the human population. The decisions made after this discovery will affect all those involved in ways they could never imagine.

In this short story, which takes place directly before The Change: Life, you will meet Jacob and Mia and get a tiny glimpse into how their very lives are tied in to the fate of the world - to the Changed themselves - and to the enigmatic creature that appears out of nowhere to destroy all that it sees, both humans and Changed alike.

Ten tales of worlds gone wrong: "The Mold of Memory" - Nanotech run amok.

Six short stories appear in this second addition to the Fear series.

The stories in this second anthology explore the legends of the Outlands, beyond the border of humanity's immediate control, where strange and powerful creatures roam.

Major Davis fully intended to return home and raise his daughter. But when the Avars rebel on the desolate, post-apocalyptic planet, he’ll have no choice but to face his own mortality—sooner than he ever expected.

This captivating graphic zombie book goes from a fun summer break to a zombie outbreak. The main character, Tony, initially was flirting with beautiful women along with his friends when zombies suddenly infected the entire beach, causing heads to be bitten. Tony then tried to escape the bloody beach zombie outbreak with his friend Jim. This fictional short story book may contain scenes of violence, guns, blood, profanity, fictional variant viruses, and graphic scenes of zombies that may be objectionable to some.

The zombie apocalypse has already caused human civilization to be nearly extinct. Johnny, the main character, takes shelter with his ex-wife, Jennifer, her house stashed with guns and supplies. Herds of zombies break through into their home and they blast their way out by using grenades and guns. This fictional short story book contains scenes of violence, guns, blood, profanity, fictional variant viruses, and graphic scenes of zombies that may be objectionable to some.

The crazy lady—Kyra—wanders and wanders and wanders, and without ever really going anywhere. The town looks so different now—what's left of it, that is—and is in such violent disarray, it's difficult to tell where one end of the town began and the other ended. Burnt-out cars and houses, empty, lonely streets strewn with trash—or worse. Makeshift graves in the front yards of former owners. Yes...something really bad happened out here, and now she has to navigate it all—somehow. She's just trying to get home....

Tensions between multiple nations continue to erupt, while the coronavirus variants continue to spread throughout the world. A vaccine initially meant to cure infected patients from the variants causes them to have a chemical reaction with the radiation of the nuclear blast. Bus riders find themselves between life and death as an outbreak occurs on the bus during a nuclear attack.

Rachel and the Smith Brothers are on the run, trying to escape the dangers they left in the city. But when they stop off for supplies, they suddenly find themselves in a whole new kind of trouble. Rachel realises the true nature of the men she is travelling with, but where exactly does she fit in?

An incurable disease kills millions around the world. A selfish father is about to be its next victim. See what he wishes for in his last hour. Gene Carlotta is on his deathbed and won’t live long enough to see the next sunrise. As his life flashes in his mind’s eye he comes to realize the one thing he never gave his son and the heartbreaking remorse that consumes his last moments.

So close, yet so far away. Still reeling from Elijah’s brutal retaliation, Sparks and the other survivors continue their ill-fated journey west. As the reach the town of Junction, the group finds that their troubles are far from over.

A zombie apocalypse story set in the fantastical world of the North Pole. Two young elves rejected by their peers discover a terrible secret. Will the intrigue and power struggle of the North Pole condemn humanity or save it? A post-zombie-apocalypse Christmas tale with a twist.

It is months beyond the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. A father and his two young children are trying to make it through the wintry back woods of Oregon state to somewhere, anywhere safe. They have been without food for far too long now and are weak from evading the walking dead they call PUDS. Between the cold, lack of proper shelter, and their fear, life is wearing them down. On top of all this, it feels like they are being followed, but it has become hard to tell if it is a normal, an afterlife creature, or...

I was contacted by a number of readers who wanted to inquire about what had happened to their favorite characters who first appeared in the Prepper Trilogies. I undertook the task of answering this, as a thank you to my dedicated readers, by beginning a series of Novelettes, so that the characters could give voice to their own experiences from their differing personal perspectives.

When Sarah escapes from her brutal abductors, she promises to return to rescue her twin sister, but with the walking dead invading Fort Worth, TX, she is forced to rely on a competitive coworker who made her work life hell for years. With her coworker weakened by cancer treatments, her sister still imprisoned, and zombies looking for an easy meal, Sarah's only plan, if she can pull it off, is survival.

How can you sneak past a horde of the dead with a screaming baby? The day Charlie Macomber is born is the first day of the zombie apocalypse. When the hospital in Harrington, Indiana is overrun by reanimated corpses, Charlie's dad must carry his son through the walking dead to safety. But when zombies roam the earth, can anyplace be safe?

When the æristocracy decides to withdraw their blimps from the Venusian economy and head back to an abandoned Earth, the surf-turned-æristocrat Sir Thomas begins tearing down their entire economy in order to save millions of lives. A dystopian sci-fi about class warfare, The Blimps of Venus shows us the true motives behind eugenics and other evils.

In the System Apocalypse, a single title can make or break a build. And in the entire Galactic System, there are Title Seekers, those who make it their life quest to acquire the most unusual and rare titles possible. Earth, a new Dungeon World offers multiple possibilities. Not least among them, the one from a familiar set of golden arches. For the Kyaz, it’s a chance in a million to get a rare title. If he can manage to evade the machinations of a fellow Title Seeker and trust his human sidekick, Xi Ping.