Ash, fear, moments of reconciliation; darkness, hope, moments of regret. What will the Apocalypse bring for you? Apocalypse Chronicles brings together stories, memories, and endings. Woven together by their collective experience, each tale offers a unique and harrowing understanding of what the Apocalypse will mean for their world. Families, worlds, futures and pasts are explored in this unique anthology that brings together fiction from authors from across the globe. Bear witness to the end of the world as you know it; but will you know how it will end? Apocalypse Chronicles features the following stories: The Rosebud by Paul Dawson In the absence of light and electricity, the world has suddenly fallen to darkness. Not even the stars or the moon can be seen in the sky from the top of an office building. Harry has to decide whether to stay put with his fellow colleagues, or to follow Jacob into the unknown. The Library by Adam Kirton An ancient relic living in a bleak future, the Librarian, a grizzled suvivalist, must tend to his dying brother and his precious collection, fending off the horrors of the Wilds and the Old City. Hope by Lydia Sherrer A dark fantasy slant on a post-apocalyptic future where the rules of the jungle are truly “eat or be eaten”. What Remains by Joanne Marjoribanks Hours before the world is consumed by nuclear warfare, a young woman returns to a cherished place of her childhood and finds an unlikely companion. Evlyn by Kevin Horsley Twenty five years after a war that has devastated the human population, one young woman, having grown up in its wake fighting for survival, needs to find hope of a future or at least something to live for. Crossing by Benjamin Abbot A veteran survivor of the evacuation of Europe recounts one of his toughest days to a young interviewer. Bring-your-kid-to-work Day by David J. Wing When you choose to take your kid to work, it's best if he's not a little pain in the neck and you don't work at a nuclear missile silo. Unearthed by Ben Wilmshurst The final recorded messages from the International Space Station as Commander Michael King witnesses the destruction of humanity. Pillar of Salt by Alison McBain Scientists discover that the Earth has undergone a nuclear apocalypse in the future - or was it in the past? ...and may more, including: Broken by Kasim Human Denature by Daniel Takyi Everything Old by Andrew Wilmot The Blue Death by Steven Green Enjoy the Pock-o-lips by Andrew Murray Aikman To Elpis by David Kerr Something to tell Jessie by John Lilley The Dr
Authors
Diversity is one of Alison McBain's passions. With dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, a Japanese-American mother and a B.A. in African history and classical literature, she has an eclectic background and a wide range of experience. She grew up in California and moved to the East Coast in her mid-twenties. Recently, she moved back to Alberta, where she is raising her three daughters. She started her writing career at age four with a "self-published" horror story about the monster in the closet. The story was highly lauded by her closest family members. Since then, she's received a number of writing awards and accolades from people not even vaguely related to her, but she still has a soft spot for that first short story. Her interest in diversity also extends to fiction. With over seventy publications to her name, her stories and poems range in tone from serious to silly. They cover nearly every genre, including literary, romance, horror, science fiction, fantasy, history and adventure. When not writing fiction, she follows her own personal mantra of, "Do something creative every day." She serves as the Associate Editor for the literary magazine Scribes*MICRO*Fiction. She also blogs about local events, showcases her art and conducts author interviews on her website, http://www.alisonmcbain.com/. When life gets a little too hectic, she does origami meditation or draws all over the walls of her house with the enthusiastic help of her kids.
Tim writes short stories and novels. He was born in the UK and worked for many years in real estate, travel, call centres, technology as well as sales. Franco's Fiesta is Tim's first published novel and can be found on Amazon in both Kindle and paperback versions. To learn more about Tim, check out his website www.timrobson.eu On the website Tim discusses his inspiration for Franco's Fiesta, the main characters, how it was written as well showcasing new work and updating a regular blog. See you there!
AGA Wilmot (BFA, MPub) is a writer, editor, and artist based out of Toronto, Ontario. They have won awards for fiction, short fiction, and screenwriting, including the Friends of Merril Short Story Contest and ECW Press' Best New Speculative Novel Contest. For seven years they served as co-publisher and co-EIC of the Ignyte- and British Fantasy Award-nominated Anathema: Spec from the Margins. Their credits include myriad online and in-print publications and anthologies. They are also on the editorial advisory board for Poplar Press, the speculative fiction imprint of Wolsak & Wynn. Books of AGA's include The Death Scene Artist (Buckrider Books, 2018) and Withered (ECW Press, 2024). They are represented by Kelvin Kong of K2 Literary. Author also writes under Andrew Wilmot
A life-long resident of Marton (a district of Blackpool that was there before Blackpool), I finished my career as an application developer and was able to spend my time on other things. These include music, art and - of course - writing. My first published story is a short science fiction tale called The Blue Death that may be found within the Almond Press publication Apocalypse Chronicles. I enjoy writing in the fantasy genre, and supplement this with the odd poem (not too odd!) Since 2019 I have been writing short stories on a blog, set in a fantasy world populated by Sylvanian creatures. Over 100 stories (as at March 2023).
P D Dawson has had his work published by Almond Press, Under the Bed, Beyond Imagination Literary Magazine, Earlyworks Press, Schlock! Webzine & HCE: Here Comes Everyone Magazine. His stories have appeared in two books, both of which were published by Almond Press. One is Broken Worlds, a collection of dystopian stories and the other, Apocalypse Chronicles, a collection of stories about the end of the world. He was delighted to have won the annual Almond Press short story contest in 2015, and is currently working hard on a dystopian novel about a walled city shut off from the rest of the world. Nothing can keep him from writing. At any one time he finds himself juggling many stories in his head, and is excited by the challenge of getting them published for all to read. Twitter https://twitter.com/PDDawson_
