THE CHANGE

by John Skipp

IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD?

OR JUST THE BEGINNING OF

THE CHANGE?

When a hit man is hired to kill a New Age cult leader on the night of the “Cozmic Convergence” – a planetary alignment said to end all war, hate, corruption, and injustice – the world is shocked by a series of miraculous events. Some beautiful. Some terrible. Some both.

Enter Martha –a pissed-off young working class woman on a fiery quest for truth – in this tense, trippy Twilight-Zonian blend of science fiction, fantasy, noir, and horror.

THE CHANGE is a no-bullshit morality tale for our times, a scathing countercultural thrill-ride that’s not afraid to bring hope to the darkness.

“ABSOLUTE HYPNOTIC FIRE.”

- Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling

author of Incidents Around the House

294 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 4, 2026

About the author

John Skipp is a splatterpunk horror and fantasy author and anthology editor, as well as a songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. He collaborated with Craig Spector on multiple novels, and has also collaborated with Marc Levinthal and Cody Goodfellow.

Reviews

[Danger · Rating 5 out of 5]

The richness of these characters and the intricacies of their intertwined lives give us a world so electrifying that I was enraptured from the very first page. The Change is as compassionate as it is violent, as colorful as it is dark, as exciting as it is thoughtful, and as weird as it is direct. John Skipp has returned to fiction more locked-in than he has ever been