Tales from the Ruins

Tales from the Ruins is our post-apocalyptic anthology series, with the first volume already available. While you're here, you won't want to miss out on FLICKER, the fiery post-apocalyptic adventure by Cameron Trost, or MURDER + MACHINERY, an anthology that includes a number of post-apocalyptic tales.

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Genre: Post-Apocalyptic / Sci-Fi / Horror / Adventure Anthology
Length: 237 pages / Published: February, 2023
Cover art and design by Greg Chapman

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The anthology is also listed on Goodreads



Fourteen terrifying tales of a ruined tomorrow!

Was it nuclear war, an uncontrollable pandemic, or forces beyond our reckoning? Will we even know what happened once supply lines have been cut, radio silence has kicked in, and our world has come to a grinding halt? Who will have what it takes to carry on? Who will want to?

This cataclysmic anthology casts the reader into a post-apocalyptic world where every step taken and every decision made can mean the difference between life and death. These are epic stories of a world in ruins, but they are also intimate and moving accounts. Our masterful contributors take you by the hand and show you what will be. Don't let go, whatever you do...hold on tight! You will share the characters' struggles as you navigate wastelands or hole up as best you can in the crumbling remains of supermarkets and abandoned houses. You will go hungry. Your feet will grow numb. You will fear, and you might have to fight to the death. But in the end, you will remember it is only a book, and that you can close it, knowing you are safe and sound, because we are not in a post-apocalyptic world. Not here. Not now. Not today. But what will tomorrow bring?

The Aftermath - Claire Davon
Hell Takes All Prisoners - Karen Bayly
Chasing the White Limousine - Kurt Newton
An Interlude in the English Civil War - David Turnbull
A Kissidougou Christmas - Michael Picco
The Fields - Mark Towse
Cast Upon the Water - Joseph S. Walker
Help, Scotland - Malcolm Timperley
The Deep End - Cameron Trost
End of the Line - Louise Zedda-Sampson
The Death of a Raccoon - Adam Breckenridge
Darkness at the Edge of Men - Stuart Olver
Sailors' Delight - Claire Fitzpatrick
Homecoming - L.P. Ring

"This is a fine collection of post-apocalyptic tales. The stories are dramatic and often bleak, although some offer a glimmer of hope. Each story is a slice of someone’s life where the characters play out scenarios of constant struggle, hope vs. surrender, moral decline, empathy and connection. Some die, some carry on surviving, if not thriving. The post-apocalyptic worlds are well-imagined, and there are some great characters here. I especially loved the old man in The Death of a Raccoon, Tessrah in Darkness at the Edge of Men, Lydia in Sailor’s Delight. This anthology is well-worth your time, but if you like your stories sugar-coated, this may not be for you."
- Five-star Amazon review

"This is a collection of stories that are sometimes sad, sometimes tense, and many are thrill rides of dark fiction. All of them are better experienced than explained. If you enjoy post-apocalyptic fiction you need to read Tales From the Ruins. The end of the world has never been this much fun."
- Jim X Dodge, author of Theta House and The Bite

"Tales from the Ruins is mostly dark and inhumane, places in fiction which mirror reality—where what you have to fear most is men, natural disasters, and more. Yet some of the stories remind you that humanity and hope do still prevail. This book is an amazing read! A lot of these stories feel almost inevitable, and those are the ones which terrified me the most. Let's hope none of these authors have the gift of prophecy, because I will NOT survive the events they've written. Another common thread is a sense of emptiness, even when the narrator/main character is part of a group. These authors ended their worlds and didn't hold back on showing you the full extent of the aftermath—emotionally and environmentally. I also love that some of the apocalypses aren't explained, it helped focus me on the main event: survival. This book made me sit and think about the actions the characters took and I really had to wonder if I or anyone I know would act any differently if thrust into the same situations."
- Megan Diedericks, five-star Goodreads review
 

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