The End Is Now

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.

But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild.

THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories.

Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, The Apocalypse Triptych is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME explores life after the apocalypse.

THE END IS NIGH is about the match. THE END HAS COME is about what will rise from the ashes. THE END IS NOW is about the conflagration.

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Table of contents:

INTRODUCTION by John Joseph Adams

HERD IMMUNITY by Tananarive Due

THE SIXTH DAY OF DEER CAMP by Scott Sigler

GOODNIGHT STARS by Annie Bellet

ROCK MANNING CAN’T HEAR YOU by Charlie Jane Anders

FRUITING BODIES by Seanan McGuire

BLACK MONDAY by Sarah Langan

ANGELS OF THE APOCALYPSE by Nancy Kress

AGENT ISOLATED by David Wellington

THE GODS WILL NOT BE SLAIN by Ken Liu

YOU’VE NEVER SEEN EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Bear

BRING THEM DOWN by Ben H. Winters

TWILIGHT OF THE MUSIC MACHINES by Megan Arkenberg

SUNSET HOLLOW by Jonathan Maberry

PENANCE by Jake Kerr

AVTOMAT by Daniel H. Wilson

DANCING WITH BATGIRL IN THE LAND OF NOD by Will McIntosh

BY THE HAIR OF THE MOON by Jamie Ford

TO WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD by Desirina Boskovich

IN THE MOUNTAIN by Hugh Howey

DEAR JOHN by Robin Wasserman