As the descendants of the few survivors of the nuclear holocaust that leveled the earth struggle to rebuild a vanished civilization within the walls of The Home, savage barbarian trolls plot to plunder, ravage, and destroy their nascent...
Most of the major cities in the nation have been totally destroyed by riots. Millions upon millions of refugees flee population centers in every direction, desperate to find some safe haven before the first snows of winter. Organized relief efforts...
In her 12th book, the British author of the two series featuring Adam Dalgleish and Cordelia Gray (Devices and Desires and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, respectively) poses a premise that chills and darkens its setting in the year 2021. Near the...
When the hyper-aggressive H5N1 plague spread, the world collapsed. Billions around the world died in a few months’ time and technology and infrastructure disintegrated. Among the survivors, a rare gene in the human DNA emerged as resistant to the...
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In her new collection, Story Prize finalist Maureen F. McHugh delves into the dark heart of contemporary life and life five minutes from now and how easy it is to mix up one with the other. Her...
“After the world died we all sort of drifted back to school. After all, where else was there for us to go?”
Lee Keegan’s fifteen. If most of the population of the world hadn’t just died choking on their own blood, he might be worrying...
Following a devastating train wreck, a small group of survivors emerge from the wreckage to discover New York City is the target of an attack and millions of bodies line the streets.
Harry Hayward is one of those survivors. He served his...