Endless Apocalypse Short Stories

by Florian Mussgnug (Foreword), Mike Adamson (Contributor), Bill Davidson (Contributor)

Stories of the end of civilized life have always fascinated us, from the mythological world endings, Armageddon to Ragnarok, to the flood stories of across the Ancient world. They make us wonder what we would do if all around us came to an end: no transport, no fuel, no communications: a retreat into the desperation, the onslaught of disease, how would we survive? This is the source of zombie literature and provides the inspiration for this fabulous mix of horror and adventure, of classic and brand new writing in the successful series of Gothic Fantasy titles from Flame Tree.

These new authors will appear alongside the following classic and essential writers: Stephen Vincent Benét, J.D. Beresford, Lord Byron, Arthur Conan Doyle, George Allan England, William Hope Hodgson, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.P. Shiel, Snorri Sturluson, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells; along with a retelling of the Ancient Sumerian and Babylonian Myth of Apocalypse.

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies

480 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 2018

Reviews

[Rissa (rissasreading) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.7 - This was a rather enjoyable compilation of short stories, both old and new, that follow the apocalypse. I feel like this would've been more enjoyable for me had it been a little shorter in length. I also personally wasn't a fan of the extractions of a few chapters/pages from full length novels and I think not having those would've helped. Overall, very enjoyable and I did enjoy the newer stories compared to the older ones.

[Mikhael Hayes · Rating 3 out of 5]

really mixed bag, it's like some of the short stories were still dry and long and some of them were just right. I liked Lord Byron's "Darkness" and Su-Yee Lin's "Away They Go." Wendy Nikel's "An Introvert at the End of the World" was pretty funny.

[Elzbeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the newer stories in this book. They’re imaginative and wonderful. But for my taste, there’s too many taken from older ones. The older stories are significantly longer and the prose is much more flowery and flowing, like every author got paid by the word. But the newer stories are capturing and exciting.