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What Came Next: Five Tales from the Next World

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What would you do to survive in a world where the hungry dead walked? 

This is a question I have asked myself since the early 2000's. It all started when I came across J.L. Bourne's book Day By Day Armageddon. He had posted it online. His story of one man surviving a world of zombies in San Antonio rapidly developed a following and went to print. 

I credit it with kicking off my interest in the reinvigorated genre. Since then such works have been a consistent guilty pleasure. I read Bourne's sequels, devoured the writing of Z.A. Recht, David Wellington, Max Brooks and then chewed heartily through the pages inked by Shawn Cheeser, Craig DiLouie and many others. They all entertained and they inspired me to give it a try. Here are five stories that I have been imagining for some time.

"Escape" charts the fall of New York City through the eyes of a handful of characters.

"Gender" takes us to a secret underground bunker where the future of humankind watches and waits.

"Murder" cracks a murder case in the much smaller post-apocalyptic community of Manhattan.

"Herd" documents changes in the natural order that literally threatens to wipe away survivors.

"Plan" documents one man's strategy for avoiding both zombies and people.

I truly hope you enjoy these outings. Let me know one way or another.All Rights Reserved

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