Doomsday

by Samie Sands, Alex Winck, Katie Jaarsveld

Doomsday...the end of the world is here, but how will the apocalypse happen? Will it be viral, an explosion, or simply human nature that destroys us? Read on, you might be surprised...

Home, Sweet Post-Apocalyptic Home by Alex Winck
Antidote by Samie Sands
From Strange to Indifferent by Katie Jaarsveld
Interim by Stefan Vucak
A Forever Kind of Love by Andrew Darlington
Talking Bodies by M. Earl Smith
Where the Water Is by Sheri Velarde
But a Whimper by Rick Eddy
The Countess Consuela by Michael Peirce
On Trial by Samie Sands
Thoughts of Memory by Andrew J Lucas and Natalie A. Lucas
Praying To Die by Fernanda Oz
Nightmare Rising by McKenzie Richardson
The Last of the Regulars by Andy Lockwood

183 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 12, 2018

About the author

Samie Sands is the author of the AM13 Outbreak series, published by Limitless Publishing. She's also had short stories included in Amazon best selling anthologies and work featured on Wattpad.

To follow Samie's work, please check out her website and social media.

Reviews

[Lora Milton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fourteen stories all on the theme of the world coming to an end. Of course such an idea intrigued me! I had never read any of the authors before but part of the idea of anthologies is to discover new voices. Like most anthologies, some stories appealed more than others. It's well edited and I don't remember tripping over any typos at all.

There were just three of the dreaded present tense stories and a couple of others where the writing wasn't up to scratch or the plot went nowhere, but also a few notable stories with interesting ideas stood out.

We had aliens, zombies, vampires eating zombies, people who melt, mythological gods, dystopia, dead people who stay animate long enough to testify against their murderers, WW3, immortality whether you want it or not and a fairy world dying. Quite a variety of approaches!

The stand out stories IMO are From Strange to Indifferent by Katie Jaarsveld and Nightmare Rising by McKenzie Richardson. Both of these are well written and explor some interesting ideas. The latter will be of particular interest to Fantasy fans.

Not too bad as such collections go and it's given me two more authors to pay attention to.

[h · Rating 2 out of 5]

I almost gave up on this based on the first story - it was dreadful. I'm glad I kept on, because there were a couple gems in this collection.

There was one, the name escapes me, that was absolutely nothing more than filth for the sake of filth. (I realize that I sound like I'm 97 years old, but I stand by the comment.)

I know that books are art, and art is subjective to taste, and my taste says this collection had a long way to go.

[Heather Bane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great collection of doomsday stories. Each is well written and interesting. Some had me drawn in more then others but I enjoyed reading all of them. I recommend reading.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Pat Eroh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great bunch of stories put together by one of my favorite authors. I enjoyed almost all of these stories and some were absolutely fantastic. If you like weird, this is it!

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[McKenzie Richardson]

For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-Cycle

As a contributor to this anthology, I don't think it is fair for me to put a star rating on it, but I wanted to write a review nonetheless.

A wonderfully diverse collection of stories that center around the end of the world. From vampires and zombies to blights and droughts, this is a great book to meet your post-apocalyptic needs.

My own story, "Nightmare Rising" is featured in this frightful collection as well as some other great stories, such as Sheri Velarde's "Where the Water Is" and Andy Lockwood's "The Last of the Regulars".

If you're looking for a little post-apocalyptic horror, look no further.