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After: The Anthology
EVERYTHING will change after it happens. We all sense it.
It's instinct. The survival instinct.
INSTINCTIVELY we know that calamity is approaching. We're fascinated by the idea. We watch movies about it. We read books about it. Some of us dedicate years of our lives in preparation for it. Disturbingly, some of us even yearn for disaster to unfold.
OUR GOVERNMENTS have contingency plans. Pandemics. Nuclear Holocaust. Asteroid Impact. Supernova. Solar Flare. Magnetic Field Reversal. Nano-plague. Bioterrorism. They have a lot of plans. We've given this a lot of thought. We want to survive.
BUT we're going to be blind-sided.
We'll be completely unprepared. We are so busy guarding against the known threats that the unknown ones will slip right through our defenses. Right under our radar.
We'll never see it coming.
IT'S INEVITABLE. But it's not the end. Not by a long shot. Because one of our predictions will always remain true: Humans will adapt. Whatever situation we find ourselves in, as an individual or as a race, we will rise together to counter it. This is our greatest strength, and will be the source of our greatest stories. Here are eight of those stories. Eight stories centered around the world-changing events we never predicted. The events we never saw coming. Eight different scenarios, some effecting a single person, some effecting every person on the face of the planet.
These are the stories of what people will do AFTER.
It's instinct. The survival instinct.
INSTINCTIVELY we know that calamity is approaching. We're fascinated by the idea. We watch movies about it. We read books about it. Some of us dedicate years of our lives in preparation for it. Disturbingly, some of us even yearn for disaster to unfold.
OUR GOVERNMENTS have contingency plans. Pandemics. Nuclear Holocaust. Asteroid Impact. Supernova. Solar Flare. Magnetic Field Reversal. Nano-plague. Bioterrorism. They have a lot of plans. We've given this a lot of thought. We want to survive.
BUT we're going to be blind-sided.
We'll be completely unprepared. We are so busy guarding against the known threats that the unknown ones will slip right through our defenses. Right under our radar.
We'll never see it coming.
IT'S INEVITABLE. But it's not the end. Not by a long shot. Because one of our predictions will always remain true: Humans will adapt. Whatever situation we find ourselves in, as an individual or as a race, we will rise together to counter it. This is our greatest strength, and will be the source of our greatest stories. Here are eight of those stories. Eight stories centered around the world-changing events we never predicted. The events we never saw coming. Eight different scenarios, some effecting a single person, some effecting every person on the face of the planet.
These are the stories of what people will do AFTER.
311 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 4, 2012
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About the author
Shane M. Brown
14 books28 followersSHANE M BROWN was born in 1974 and writes from Brisbane, Australia. He attended James Cook University, graduating with a First Class Honors Degree in Biological Science and a Masters Degree in Underwater Archaeology. Shane has published multiple short stories and recently signed a contract selling the rights for a feature film to be based on one of his stories. His other novels are titled FAST and PLAZA. His collection of short stories is titled AFTER.
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March 15, 2020
Clever and original short stories with quite varied storylines. Really enjoyed all of them.
Only drawback, which I never saw mentioned anywhere, was that approximately half the book's 300 or so pages are made up of the three first chapters of the Melt, not of short stories.
Only drawback, which I never saw mentioned anywhere, was that approximately half the book's 300 or so pages are made up of the three first chapters of the Melt, not of short stories.
February 21, 2013
I very much enjoyed these stories, all of them had believable characters on whom I developed an interest and for whom I cared.
This is a very different book from "Plaza" and "Fast", not only due to the lack of large creatures threatening humans but also because of the pace of the stories. I have no clue as to whether the short stories were written before the other 2 books but the writing felt more mature.
I did not give this book 5 stars because I felt that nearly half of the Kindle book was taken by samples of "Plaza" and "Fast" (2 chapters each), I would have liked another short story and in a way felt short changed because the stories were so good and I had already read the other books.
All the same, good job Shane! I look forward to reading more of your work.
This is a very different book from "Plaza" and "Fast", not only due to the lack of large creatures threatening humans but also because of the pace of the stories. I have no clue as to whether the short stories were written before the other 2 books but the writing felt more mature.
I did not give this book 5 stars because I felt that nearly half of the Kindle book was taken by samples of "Plaza" and "Fast" (2 chapters each), I would have liked another short story and in a way felt short changed because the stories were so good and I had already read the other books.
All the same, good job Shane! I look forward to reading more of your work.
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