Apocalypse Chronicles

by Rosie Gailor (Editor), Marek Lewandowski (Editor), P.D. Dawson

Ash, fear, moments of reconciliation; darkness, hope, moments of regret. What will the Apocalypse bring for you?

Apocalypse Chronicles brings together stories, memories, and endings. Woven together by their collective experience, each tale offers a unique and harrowing understanding of what the Apocalypse will mean for their world. Families, worlds, futures and pasts are explored in this unique anthology that brings together fiction from authors from across the globe.

Bear witness to the end of the world as you know it; but will you know how it will end?

Apocalypse Chronicles features the following stories:

The Rosebud by Paul Dawson
In the absence of light and electricity, the world has suddenly fallen to darkness. Not even the stars or the moon can be seen in the sky from the top of an office building. Harry has to decide whether to stay put with his fellow colleagues, or to follow Jacob into the unknown.

The Library by Adam Kirton
An ancient relic living in a bleak future, the Librarian, a grizzled suvivalist, must tend to his dying brother and his precious collection, fending off the horrors of the Wilds and the Old City.

Hope by Lydia Sherrer
A dark fantasy slant on a post-apocalyptic future where the rules of the jungle are truly “eat or be eaten”.

What Remains by Joanne Marjoribanks
Hours before the world is consumed by nuclear warfare, a young woman returns to a cherished place of her childhood and finds an unlikely companion.

Evlyn by Kevin Horsley
Twenty five years after a war that has devastated the human population, one young woman, having grown up in its wake fighting for survival, needs to find hope of a future or at least something to live for.

Crossing by Benjamin Abbot
A veteran survivor of the evacuation of Europe recounts one of his toughest days to a young interviewer.

Bring-your-kid-to-work Day by David J. Wing
When you choose to take your kid to work, it's best if he's not a little pain in the neck and you don't work at a nuclear missile silo.

Unearthed by Ben Wilmshurst
The final recorded messages from the International Space Station as Commander Michael King witnesses the destruction of humanity.

Pillar of Salt by Alison McBain
Scientists discover that the Earth has undergone a nuclear apocalypse in the future - or was it in the past?

...and may more, including:
Broken by Kasim
Human Denature by Daniel Takyi
Everything Old by Andrew Wilmot
The Blue Death by Steven Green
Enjoy the Pock-o-lips by Andrew Murray Aikman
To Elpis by David Kerr
Something to tell Jessie by John Lilley
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308 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 31, 2016

Reviews

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection

A great collection of short stories, most of them made me want to keep reading the stories. I will be looking if any of them became novels

[Karen Forsyth · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Apocalypse Chronicles, is a journey through the minds of a selection of authors, on how the world will end.
Each story is unique and tragic, which leaves the reader compelled to move on to the next story which is more horrifying than the previous one,each scenario is something that we hope will never happen in our lifetime and for future generations.
I won this book through Goodreads. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent postapoc anthology!

Not only am I a sucker for anthologies, but I'm even moreso for postapoc ones. This is a good one.

Short glimpses into the end times, each story has something to offer fans of the postapoc and dystopian genre.