{"product_id":"2940149222032","title":"After the Fall: Tales of the Apocalypse","description":"A desolate landscape, wracked with upheaval, the uncanny nature of a place once so familiar. A revelation of what was formerly undisclosed, the harbingers of apocalypse are edging ever closer...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wasteland of abandoned memories, the end of the world or a chance for a new beginning. Be it a personal apocalypse, or one of great cataclysm, the stories that arise from the rubble are tales of aftermath and tales of survival. Bridging the gap between Science Fiction and Horror, the gothic overtones of the apocalyptic imagination are explored to their full extent in these short stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Fall: Tales of the Apocalypse is a collection of twenty short stories from some of the best up-and-coming writers of modern science fiction. All apocalyptic or dystopian in nature, some stories bring laughter, while others bring tears, but each is unique in its interpretation of the theme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-After the Fall- features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasting off by Robert Holtom (Competition winner)\u003cbr\u003eAs I sit in a cafe, waiting for a loved one, so I contemplate the end of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNightshade by Damon DiMarco\u003cbr\u003eCivilization's death rattle as we succumb to the Nightshade virus in a curious and ironic way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Debt by Javier Moyano Perez\u003cbr\u003eA dystopian story about a fictitious America enslaved for eternity by merciless creditors and artificial age preservation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dying and the Desolation by Paul S. Huggins\u003cbr\u003eDrake is alive, man and animal alike have been wiped off the planet by a virilent form of rabies, immune or lucky he must adapt if he wants to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeen and not Heard by Ilana Masad\u003cbr\u003eA mother's fight to retain her sanity and her illegal, secret, son in the post-nuclear dictatorship she lives in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey Turn Red Then Black by Spencer Lawes\u003cbr\u003eIn a run-down village dependent on a river of garbage, two boys desperately try to find a way to stop their crippled mother being raped by the inhabitants of nearby villages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiary of a Zee by Brian LeCluyse\u003cbr\u003eSet in an apocalyptic, dying Austin, Texas and told from the point of view of a vegetarian, pot-smoking, hippie, liberal zombie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ambulancemen by Heather Parry\u003cbr\u003eA world turned on its head; a world where the sirens of an Ambulance are to be feared, not respected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou Call This an Apocalypse by Errick A. Nunnally\u003cbr\u003eTwo foster kids more different than alike, from one of the poorest neighborhoods in Boston during the first day of the zombie apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso in the collection:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRush Hour by Thomas Brown\u003cbr\u003eSale of the Century by Liam Brown\u003cbr\u003eWe Don't Go to the River by Jeremy Watssman\u003cbr\u003eAll Clear in the Anderton House by Claire Fuller\u003cbr\u003eOver the Vanishing City by Toby Lloyd\u003cbr\u003eUp the Road by Andrew Saxsma\u003cbr\u003eThe End of Time by Robert Legg\u003cbr\u003eStasis by Rebecca Jane Garner\u003cbr\u003eThe Comeback Tour by Andrea Mullaney\u003cbr\u003eAnaesthetised by Emma Lyskava\u003cbr\u003eThe Remnants of Civilization by Vince Liberato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Kelly Gardner\u003cbr\u003eCover art, Wanderers of a Poor Town by Edwin Yang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll proceeds from this collection go towards running competitions for aspiring writers!","brand":"Almond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101167075568,"sku":"2940149222032","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149222032_p0.jpg?v=1763713826","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149222032","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}