An unhinged loner with a dark past, and a predatory social media star become entangled in a deadly web of lies that could destroy multiple lives. Walter Kitzman's life is going to Hell. Stuck in a dead-end job, his insomnia is driving him crazy. Haunted by ghosts of the past, his rage against the ugly corruption of society mushrooms out of control. Influencer Bryan Divine has 50 million followers. A lavish lifestyle, and his own fashion brand. When dark revelations come to light, Walter sees a chance to right the wrongs of his past. But in a superficial world where deception is the common currency, how do you separate fact from fiction? Can Walter save the live of an innocent or is revenge the ultimate delusion?

My friend Adam jumped to his death.

When a deadly plague spreads like wildfire, 17-year-old Bren Watts is trapped at Ground Zero of a global pandemic. ---- Bren and his classmates are stranded in New York City, now filled with thousands of murderous infected and desperate survivors. Forced into an unlikely alliance with his school bully and former friend, Logan Hardy, the two boys must find a way back home, traversing through the ravaged landscape of the United States. With their odds stacked against them, Bren has no choice but to use the skills taught by his ex-Navy SEALs father to fight and survive. But the path ahead is bloodied and broken, and if he wants to reunite with his family, Bren must tap into his darkest heart for not only the infected are capable of hatred and violence. The Bren Watts Diaries tells a dark and gritty account of the end, all narrated in the survivor's own voice as a first-hand witness to humanity's end. The story will cover the first year of the Apocalypse, depicting the beginnings of the disease, society's war against the pandemic, and the eventual collapse of civilization. [[Current word count: 450,000 - 500,000 words]] ----- The series portrays an LGBTQ+ protagonist and numerous other characters. Violence, like any medium of zombie stories, is described in detail.