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... The 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. After 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. -After the Fall- features: Casting off by Robert Holtom (Competition winner) As I sit in a cafe, waiting for a loved one, so I contemplate the end of the world. Nightshade by Damon DiMarco Civilization's death rattle as we succumb to the Nightshade virus in a curious and ironic way. In Debt by Javier Moyano Perez A dystopian story about a fictitious America enslaved for eternity by merciless creditors and artificial age preservation. The Dying and the Desolation by Paul S. Huggins Drake 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. Seen and not Heard by Ilana Masad A mother's fight to retain her sanity and her illegal, secret, son in the post-nuclear dictatorship she lives in. They Turn Red Then Black by Spencer Lawes In 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. Diary of a Zee by Brian LeCluyse Set in an apocalyptic, dying Austin, Texas and told from the point of view of a vegetarian, pot-smoking, hippie, liberal zombie. The Ambulancemen by Heather Parry A world turned on its head; a world where the sirens of an Ambulance are to be feared, not respected. You Call This an Apocalypse? by Errick A. Nunnally Two foster kids more different than alike, from one of the poorest neighborhoods in Boston during the first day of the zombie apocalypse. Also in the collection: Rush Hour by Thomas Brown Sale of the Century by Liam Brown We Don't Go to the River by Jeremy Watssman All Clear in the Anderton House by Claire Fuller Over the Vanishing City by Toby Lloyd Up the Road by Andrew Saxsma The End of Time by Robert Legg Stasis by Rebecca Jane Garner The Comeback Tour by Andrea Mullaney Anaesthetised by Emma Lyskava The Remnants of Civilization by Vince Liberato Foreword by Kelly Gardner Cover art: Wanderers of a Poor Town by Edwin Yang All proceeds from this collection go towards running competitions for aspiring writers!

After the Fall: Tales of the Apocalypse: A Collection of Short Stories

Literature & Fiction

DiMarco, Damon

Masad, Ilana

Fuller, Claire

Holtom, Robert

Saxsma, Andrew

Huggins, Paul S

Perez, Javier Moyano

Brown, Liam K

Mullaney, Andrea

Brown, Thomas

Short Stories & Anthologies

Almond Press

One of . . . 
Electric Literature’s "Most Anticipated Debuts of Early 2020" • O, The Oprah Magazine’s "31 LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020" • Publishers Weekly’s "Spring 2020 Literary Fiction Announcements" • BuzzFeed's "Most Highly Anticipated Books of 2020" • The Millions's "Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2020 Book Preview" • The Rumpus's "What to Read When 2020 Is Just Around the Corner" • LGBTQ Reads's "2020 LGBTQAP Adult Fiction Preview: January-June" • Lit Hub’s "Most Anticipated Books of 2020" • BookRiot’s "Must-Read Debut Novels of 2020" • Bitch’s "27 Novels Feminists Should Read in 2020" • Harper’s Bazaar's "14 LGBTQ+ Books to Look For in 2020" • NewNowNext’s "11 Queer Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Spring" • Cosmopolitan's "12 Books You'll Be Dying to Read This Summer" • Salon’s "The Best and Boldest New Must-Read Books for May" • Lambda Literary’s “Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of May 2020” • The Rumpus's "What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Mothers"\n"A queer tour-de-force . . . Compelling and astonishing."–Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things\nIntimacy has always eluded twenty-seven-year-old Maggie Krause—despite being brought up by married parents, models of domestic bliss—until, that is, Lucia came into her life. But when Maggie’s mom, Iris, dies in a car crash, Maggie returns home only to discover a withdrawn dad, an angry brother, and, along with Iris's will, five sealed envelopes, each addressed to a mysterious man she’s never heard of.\nIn an effort to run from her own grief and discover the truth about Iris—who made no secret of her discomfort with her daughter's sexuality—Maggie embarks on a road trip, determined to hand-deliver the letters and find out what these men meant to her mother. Maggie quickly discovers Iris’s second, hidden life, which shatters everything Maggie thought she knew about her parents’ perfect relationship. What is she supposed to tell her father and brother? And how can she deal with her own relationship when her whole world is in freefall?\nTold over the course of a funeral and shiva, and written with enormous wit and warmth, All My Mother's Lovers is the exciting debut novel from fiction writer and book critic Ilana Masad. A unique meditation on the universality and particularity of family ties and grief, and a tender and biting portrait of sex, gender, and identity, All My Mother's Lovers challenges us to question the nature of fulfilling relationships.

All My Mother's Lovers: A Novel

Literary

Dutton

One of . . . Electric Literature's "Most Anticipated Debuts of Early 2020" * O Magazine's "31 LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020" * Publisher Weekly's "Spring 2020 Literary Fiction Announcements"&nbsp;* Buzzfeed's&nbsp;"Most Highly Anticipated Books Of 2020"&nbsp;*&nbsp;The Millions's "Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2020 Book Preview"&nbsp;*&nbsp;The Rumpus's "What to Read When 2020 is Just Around the Corner"&nbsp;*&nbsp;LGBTQ Reads's "2020 LGBTQAP Adult Fiction Preview: January-June"&nbsp;*&nbsp;Lit Hub's&nbsp;"Most Anticipated Books of 2020"&nbsp;*&nbsp;BookRiot's "Must-Read Debut Novels of 2020"&nbsp;*&nbsp;Bitch's&nbsp; "27 Novels Feminists Should Read in 2020"&nbsp;*&nbsp;Harper's Bazaar's "14 LGBTQ+ Books to Look For in 2020"&nbsp;*&nbsp;NewNowNext's "11 Queer Books We Can't Wait to Read This Spring"&nbsp;*&nbsp;Cosmopolitan's "12 Books You'll Be Dying to Read This Summer" *&nbsp;Salon's "The Best and Boldest New Must-Read Books for May"&nbsp;* Lambda Literary's "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of May 2020"&nbsp;*&nbsp;The Rumpus "What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Mothers" "A queer tour-de-force . . . Compelling and astonishing."-Kristen Arnett, author of&nbsp;Mostly Dead Things Unfolding over the course of nine days, and written with enormous heart, All My Mother's Lovers is a meditation on the universality and particularity of family ties, grief, and generational divides, as well as a tender and biting portrait of sex, gender, and identity. After Maggie Krause's mother dies suddenly in a car crash, Maggie finds five sealed envelopes with her will, each addressed to a mysterious man she's never heard of. Maggie and her mother, Iris, weren't close, especially since Maggie came out, but she never thought they would run out of time to figure each other out. Now in her late twenties, Maggie is finally in something resembling a serious relationship, wondering if some of whatever shaped her parents' decades-long love story might exist after all. Overwhelmed by her grief and frustrated with her family, Maggie decides to escape the shiva and hand-deliver her mother's letters. The ensuing road trip takes her over miles of California highways, through strangers' recollections of a second, hidden life (that seems almost impossible to reconcile with the Iris she knew), and a journey through her own fears as she navigates her new relationship. As she fills in the details of Iris's story, Maggie must confront the possibility that almost everything she knew about her mother -- her marriage, her lukewarm relationship to Judaism, her disapproval of her daughter's queerness -- is more meaningful than she ever allowed herself to imagine.

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