Tales From the End of the World (Paperback)

The end of the world comes in many forms and they are all explored in this anthology. Contained here are 16 stories of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic worlds suffering destruction at the hands of aliens, nuclear war, pandemics, robots, GammaRay bursts, asteroids, computer breakdowns, zombies, supernatural forces and even a few that aren't explained at all Included here are stories of a survivalist learning the true value of his family, once he's lost them. The Fifth Horseman of the apocalypse, how is he different from the other four? The coming apocalypse seen from a child's perspective. A group of survivors of a pandemic show that it is not always the most fit or the most worthy who survive. A man searches for his identity and his family after the end, that is if he can remember them. Sometimes the end of the world can be the perfect excuse for a party What if the whole world existed in a computer...and the computer starts to fail? How do you deal with having your name associated with the most destructive event in history? A group of survivors of an alien invasion risk everything to preserve their heritage. What if an artificial intelligence deemed the destruction of society as being in humanity's best interest? What if aliens were here to save us from ourselves, would we listen? A group of colonists on the moon are forced to mourn the death of two worlds. Why you should never fake the apocalypse. All these and more