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How It Ends: Tales of the Viral Apocalypse
Four Complete and Unabridged Tales of global pandemics: a neuropathic brain virus ("Of Inner Demons"), a fungal virus that turns humans into savage tree-creatures ("A Time for Trees"), a Martian virus that mutates humans into hideous cannibals ("Planet of the Piranhas"), and the story that had to be cut from TS Alan's novel World War Dead, the "Yakuza Dead" - yakuza against a zombie virus.
Of Inner Demons
Amidst the collapse of society caused by a neuropathic brain virus that causes violent psychosis, a discharged U.S. Marine sergeant seeks to prove his worth in order to free himself from his painful past, only to discover his path to salvation will be tested at the hands of a young woman and the serial killer that is stalking her.
Yakuza Dead
On the outskirts of Tokyo Prefecture, two rival yakuza clans battle each other over an antiretroviral for a zombie virus while contending with a horde of the living dead in a gruesome, action packed tale of revenge and escape.
Planet of the Piranhas
Forced to abandon Mars Station, a NASA terraforming team returns home only to find that the world they left behind is now inhabited by a new species of sapiens... A kind that hungers for humans.
A Time for Trees
As the military tries to contain an ecological event that is transforming humanity into murderous tree-like creatures, a U.S. Deputy Marshal and his scientist brother struggle with a decision. Flee Manhattan or stay and sacrifice everything in hopes of saving the city they’ve vowed to protect.
Of Inner Demons
Amidst the collapse of society caused by a neuropathic brain virus that causes violent psychosis, a discharged U.S. Marine sergeant seeks to prove his worth in order to free himself from his painful past, only to discover his path to salvation will be tested at the hands of a young woman and the serial killer that is stalking her.
Yakuza Dead
On the outskirts of Tokyo Prefecture, two rival yakuza clans battle each other over an antiretroviral for a zombie virus while contending with a horde of the living dead in a gruesome, action packed tale of revenge and escape.
Planet of the Piranhas
Forced to abandon Mars Station, a NASA terraforming team returns home only to find that the world they left behind is now inhabited by a new species of sapiens... A kind that hungers for humans.
A Time for Trees
As the military tries to contain an ecological event that is transforming humanity into murderous tree-like creatures, a U.S. Deputy Marshal and his scientist brother struggle with a decision. Flee Manhattan or stay and sacrifice everything in hopes of saving the city they’ve vowed to protect.
382 pages, Paperback
Published February 14, 2023
About the author
T.S. Alan
8 books78 followersTS Alan is an American author of suspense thrillers, who frequently incorporates elements of horror, fantasy, the supernatural, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Alan has published six novels and seven short stories, as of February 2023.
Alan is an author of contemporary horror/fantasy. He is most known for his zombie stories. His first published novel was The Romero Strain (2014), which was published by Books of the Dead Press. The novel was re-released in 2018 in an author's edition, which has been revised and expanded with an unpublished chapter. His sequel The Romero Strain: The Dead, the Damned, and the Darkness was originally released in November 2017 and a second edition was published in 2021.
As influences on his writing, Alan lists Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and O. Henry, among others.
His writing credits also include a short published in Scary Stuff anthology, Ghosts, Specters And Spirits, Volume 2 anthology, two published in Devolution Z magazine, a short published in an anthology called What Went Wrong? (Legendary Stories), and shorts published in anthologies called Whispers of the Apoc and Silence of the Apoc.
Novels available: The Romero Strain (Author's Edition), The Romero Strain: The Dead, the Damned, and the Darkness (2nd Edition), World War Dead, Sometimes They Come Back, Five for the Apocalypse, and How It Ends: Tales of the Viral Apocalypse
Visit TS Alan at: www.tsalan.com
Alan is an author of contemporary horror/fantasy. He is most known for his zombie stories. His first published novel was The Romero Strain (2014), which was published by Books of the Dead Press. The novel was re-released in 2018 in an author's edition, which has been revised and expanded with an unpublished chapter. His sequel The Romero Strain: The Dead, the Damned, and the Darkness was originally released in November 2017 and a second edition was published in 2021.
As influences on his writing, Alan lists Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and O. Henry, among others.
His writing credits also include a short published in Scary Stuff anthology, Ghosts, Specters And Spirits, Volume 2 anthology, two published in Devolution Z magazine, a short published in an anthology called What Went Wrong? (Legendary Stories), and shorts published in anthologies called Whispers of the Apoc and Silence of the Apoc.
Novels available: The Romero Strain (Author's Edition), The Romero Strain: The Dead, the Damned, and the Darkness (2nd Edition), World War Dead, Sometimes They Come Back, Five for the Apocalypse, and How It Ends: Tales of the Viral Apocalypse
Visit TS Alan at: www.tsalan.com
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July 8, 2024
TS Alan has come upon an interesting method of presenting horror stories; he packages a number of short stories by genre. I previously read Sometimes They Come Back, an anthology which contained 5 short stories about various people returning from the dead. This book, How it Ends, is subtitled Tales of the Viral Apocalypse. It presents 4 possible ends for the Earth, all arising from mass casualties due to the spread of viruses.
I'm sure other folks have their own methods of ranking tales of terror. For me, the best horror stories seem to be those which could possibly be true. In reading Stephen King, for example, Cujo, a tale about a murderous rabid dog seemed totally possible, and was therefore much more intriguing than Pet Sematery, in which buried animals come back to life. With that in mind, I would rank Alan's stories as follow: (1) Of Inner Demons - a story about two people, Sgt Johnson and Jonna, who team up to fight off "ragers" or humans afflicted by a virus that causes them to commit violent crime; (2) A Time for Trees - humanity is threatened by extinction when people contact a tree disease similar to an actual disease we may possibly be combatting today, Morgellons disease; (3) Planet of the Piranhas - a spaceship returns to Earth in 2064 to find that the planet is plagued by genetically altered humans whose bite affects others; (4) Yakuzi Dead - the Earth has difficulty with ARS (Acute Reanimation Syndrome) in which the dead are returning to life.
I suspect that this book will cause others to imagine possible ways (COVID might fit) that the Earth could be ravaged by a virus.
I'm sure other folks have their own methods of ranking tales of terror. For me, the best horror stories seem to be those which could possibly be true. In reading Stephen King, for example, Cujo, a tale about a murderous rabid dog seemed totally possible, and was therefore much more intriguing than Pet Sematery, in which buried animals come back to life. With that in mind, I would rank Alan's stories as follow: (1) Of Inner Demons - a story about two people, Sgt Johnson and Jonna, who team up to fight off "ragers" or humans afflicted by a virus that causes them to commit violent crime; (2) A Time for Trees - humanity is threatened by extinction when people contact a tree disease similar to an actual disease we may possibly be combatting today, Morgellons disease; (3) Planet of the Piranhas - a spaceship returns to Earth in 2064 to find that the planet is plagued by genetically altered humans whose bite affects others; (4) Yakuzi Dead - the Earth has difficulty with ARS (Acute Reanimation Syndrome) in which the dead are returning to life.
I suspect that this book will cause others to imagine possible ways (COVID might fit) that the Earth could be ravaged by a virus.
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