DeKalb is from the Middle Quadrant, Third Tier.One of the "exclusive card-holding members of the last human/s on Earth. The illustrious group of Leftovers."What would you do if you woke up one morning and found that everyone around you, has died of an unknown cause?June 15, 2012 will go down in history as the day that humans became close to extinction.This is what happened next.

This dark collection includes these stories:Etiquette - underworld alien sex comes with its own instructionsStatic - Reality TV isn't always what it looks likeThe Dead don't sleep - paranormal investigations as seen through the eyes of the investigatedStrange Hold - A house that holds its owner captiveSick Day - Calling in sick on Z dayInvading the shell - Second skin. Jilted Lovers. Erotic cupcakes.Commute - a glimpse into a working-...

A worldwide event causes 99.9% of humanity to lose their sight. The remaining few try, in their lawful or unlawful ways, to survive. Technology like electric power continues for a time, but begins to fall apart as equipment fails and is not repaired.In the span of a few days, human society goes from the 21st century to a feudal or worse era. The little band that Grant McKenzie collects battles many adversities in their effort to get out of the city and find a safe haven.

As the modern world becomes more advanced, it becomes more technologically dependent; thus more fragile.Technology, however, is its 'Achilles heel' so to speak. As this technology becomes increasingly complex and refined, it becomes more vulnerable to an EMP attack. When an individual country relies on such frail, delicate electronic systems to run the economy, industry, and the military, it inevitably leaves itself open to its enemies. For whatever political reason or religious doc...

In volume one of his epic post-apocalyptic adventure saga, master storyteller John Phillip Backus brings this not-so-distant vision of the future to life with intriguing characters, gifted narrative, believable settings and mythic heroes and villains. Driven by a riveting storyline brilliantly illustrated by Asheville, N.C. artist, Chad Schoenauer, the author weaves his linguistic magic until the reader is utterly immersed in this brave new world and dare not fail to turn the next page for...

Six years ago Civilization died under a hail of kinetic energy weapons, leaving the stunned survivors around the world to struggle through five years of almost continuous winter. Most people starved to death, many resorted to cannibalism but eventually starved to death anyway. Only a few survivors were prepared enough, strong enough, or ruthless enough, to survive the unending worldwide cold. Nobody survived unscathed.Now, in the sixth summer after the war, the sun has reappeared, t...

Most of us in this world live a survivable, if not comfortable and secure life. But what if our secure, comfortable civilization were swept away in a moment of unimaginable violence and horror, along with ninety percent of the earth's population and we found ourselves living in another one of history's darkest moments? Would we be able to muster the same tenacity, creativity and determination that motivated our ancestors to survive and continue? Children of the Apocalypse is a story about ...

Jake Hunter is an ex-Army sniper with several combat tours in Afghanistan behind him. He is now working on his doctoral thesis in Meteorology. He applies for a job manning an isolated cabin gathering weather data for the government.After he has settled in for the winter, a surprise visitor, a young woman, who says her car is stuck in the snow below, caught in drifts while she was trying to cross the pass. She is unprepared for the primitive living conditions, and her presence throw...

Jack Montgomery is a police officer who was always willing to help protect the citizens in his beat. But when the President dies and the rest of the federal government implodes under the weight of national debt, chaos ensues. Jack faces a new job: keeping those close to him alive. With several friends in tow, the choices they make will ultimately set the stage for a showdown against the self appointed mayor of a small town who will stop at nothing to recreate the welfare state.

From the swarming, last-redoubt towers of the polar regions, where humanity huddles from the savage heat of Greenhouse Earth, to the dusty refugee camps of a shattered America; from the virtual reality landscape where teenagers seek to repair a wounded planet, to the post-human globe populated by wily transgenic heirs to mankind; and, lastly, across the ideology-splintered ruins of the U.S.A…a cast of dedicated survivors tries to make the best of what’s left behind, picking up the pieces o...

They have survived an extinction level event and the meltdown.Now the remnants of the human race face their toughest enemy: Each other.Sealed under mountains of rock, the emerging civilization is beginning to fracture. Can the cracks be patched or will mankind's last refuge become its tomb.Redaction: Will this be mankind's last chapter in the Book of Life?

A reedited and reformatted beloved classic story about one prepper’s apocalyptic journey and the continuing adventure of going home after a disaster. A solar storm has just unexpectedly hit Earth’s magnetosphere causing an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) event. An emergency manager visiting Atlanta, Georgia on a job interview must find his way back home penniless and unprepared after this Carrington Event stranded him far away from his vehicle and his beloved "bug out bag". With over one hundr...