After The World: Gravesend

by Jason Fischer

Bored out of your brains at school?

Still - better than having your brains bored out, or at least that’s what Tamsyn and Ali think. The zombie apocalypse is here but life continues in the Kent town of Gravesend. Parents, school, politics - it’s your every day small town, albeit with an army of cannibals looking to get in.

And when they do.......



After the A new ongoing series, each issue a new story set in a world where the dead don’t take no for an answer.



Jason Fischer was shortlisted for a Ditmar Award, and is a recent winner in the Writers of the Future contest.

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62 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Jason Fischer is a writer who lives near Adelaide, South Australia.  He has received a starred review in Publishers Weekly, won an Aurealis Award and the Writers of the Future Contest, and received the Colin Thiele Literature Scholarship. Jason is also a workshop faciliator, enthusiastic mentor, and a lover of anything to do with the written or spoken word.

Jason is also the co-founder and CEO of Spectrum Writing, a creative service for autistic/neurodiverse people. He is powered by Earl Grey tea, Dungeons & Dragons, godawful puns, karaoke, and the Oxford Comma.

Reviews

[Pete Aldin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this. While the cover intimated that I'd be reading a graphic novel, the interior was full of words; no pictures. (Insert sad face here). However, the ensuing novella (novellette?) had my attention from the first page and actually improved, particularly in the second half.

Readers familiar with Walking Dead will find a compatible world in the "After the World" series; "Gravesend" was set in England where a desperate situation is getting worse. There was depth, there was horror, there was a terrific backstory which brings some welcome circularity to the plot...there was justice and injustice.

Loved it. Great series.