The End is Nigh: The Apocalypse Triptych

THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories. Buckell This Unkempt World is Falling to Pieces by Jamie Ford BRING HER TO ME by Ben H. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse. THE END IS NIGH is about the match. Death. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction by John Joseph Adams The Balm and the Wound by Robin Wasserman Heaven is a Place on Planet X by Desirina Boskovich Break! Break! Break! by Charlie Jane Anders The Gods Will Not Be Chained by Ken Liu Wedding Day by Jake Kerr Removal Order by Tananarive Due System Reset by Tobias S. Famine. During, there are heroes who fight against it. Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Jos

A Must Read This collection of stories is one of the best anthologies that I've ever read and the idea of stringing three books together into a triptych is brilliant. This book is the first in a set of three book dealing with the apocalypse, this one containing stories specifically leading up to the end and the next two with stories taking place during and after. Every story in this collection brought me . "A must-have for any lover of end-of-the-world fiction" according to TLHB. Each story is fantastic, with well-thought out variations on TEOTWAWKI. You get prions, GMO, nanotechnology, asteroids, and even mutations -a little something for everyone. I read the entire collection in about two hours because I simply couldn't put it down. My only complaint is the agonizing wait for the next part of the triptych!. A good strong start J. Aaron Bellamy As far as collections go, the End is Nigh is one of the better non-best-of-year ones that I’ve read. The stories are consistently good, with no outright fails, and many that stand out as exceptional. Conceptually, the Apocalypse Triptych, of which the End is Nigh is volume one, is ingenious. I especially liked the promise that several of the authors would have stories in the other two vo