Apocalyptic Horror

In the ongoing saga of the Zombie Rules series, Zach, his family and friends are lured from their home in Tennessee and relocate to a post-apocalyptic bunker known as Mount Weather, nestled in rural Virginia. They have been promised a better life by none other than the President himself. Zach's apparent immunity to the zombie virus may hold the key to creating a vaccine and securing a future for the human race.

The dead were all around, pulled from their wanderings by the sound of the wreck and the smell of the living. Johnny shifted Lana's weight more fully onto his shoulder, and lifted the gun, but before he could fire, the truck blew up behind him and he felt himself pushed by the blast out into the street where he struggled to stay on his feet. A warm rush of air moved rapidly past him and Johnny got his feet moving only a second later. The dead scattered. They made an odd clicking sound, a sort of strangled scream, which Johnny supposed was all they could do with no air to move their lungs, ...

! For more details on the HZA visit ZA SURVIVORS episodes on Vella. Dead Reckoning is the first book of the Red Rises story arc. Dead Reckoning breaks away from the characters introduced in the first two HZA books and explores the Blue Ridge mountains, by a heroine reluctant to take that role. Taking place nearly a year into the collapse of society, but like all stories, it starts at the beginning. The dead are rising bringing hell to the world. A powerful Atlanta gang leader, makes himself into the living embodiment of the demon Sammael, the king of the Satans. Ruling the infernal regions ...

Wolf Trek by María J. Estrada, is a post-apocalyptic novelette in which each chapter is penned in diary-like but futuristic eras. Hence, the opening chapter is at sundown on July 16, 2034, when the main character Saad is planting more cactus around a grave. Chapter 2 is at midday, August 10, 2027. The dates are worth noting to get a deeper understanding of the story. It is an animalistic world that has been portrayed here. The character Saad is a hunter at his various stages of interaction with them. Contrast has been carved out of a beastly world of hunting and burning carcasses but ...

“The prophecy! The prophecy! When the end is near, what was wrong will be right, He who was lost in darkness will return covered in light. A master of war from lands far away, Will guide them on the path and show each of them the way. A young girl of strong will, dear to her friend Will never cease the fight, even until the end. Finally, the ghost, a memory from the past He must return to change what was last. Only then can the Angel be saved Before the dead return from their graves.” The chilling words haunt Jacob and his companions as they remain trapped in the depths of Hell. Was ...

Welcome to the world of T. W. Brown's DEAD saga. This raw, violent, and brutal world isn't populated with military supermen and women, or preppers that have been waiting for the human extinction event to arrive. This is a world of normal people...some good, some bad...and some pure evil. This is a global look at the end of the world. Follow Steve and his group as you see the apocalypse unfold through a single person's eyes. With the Geeks, you meet four young men who thought a zombie apocalypse would be cool...and quickly discover that it really isn't.

Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren’t as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences. Is it a dream? Or has reality been somehow warped? Jack comes from a world filled with nocturnal creatures that were once human, but now seek to destroy the last vestiges of humanity.

Wilkes is alone, struggling to survive on the island once known as Great Britain, 36 years after the zombie apocalypse devastated the world. As the young woman makes her way along the ruined landscape, she stumbles across a backpack filled with journals written by a man she will never meet, but who will alter the course of her life nonetheless. Through these yellowed pages, Wilkes relives the worst that life had to offer at the very end of humanity's reign.

Do you remember where you were when Kennedy was shot? Do you remember what you were doing when the first plane hit the Twin Towers on 9-11? Do you remember where you were when the world as we knew it ended? Joe Boswel does and he will never forget as long as he lives. How long that will be is anyone’s guess. Captain Joe Boswel, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a fighter pilot who flew F-14 Tomcats off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt during the last Gulf War, was the senior officer of the U.S. crew on the International Space Station. Bill Puler, a medical researcher and Dave McCain, a ...

Digby Graves is done running. He wants to make good on his declaration of war, which means he’s going to need allies and a land to call his own. That’s where Las Vegas comes in: what better kingdom could a necromancer ask for than the city of Sin itself? With an opportunist turned kingpin, an army of fanatics, and a hive full of monsters standing in his way, the stakes have never been higher. It will take every spell and underhanded tactic in his arsenal to carve out a victory.

Mankind has known hardships. They have experienced pandemics, droughts, floods, and infections, but never have they had to face a plague of this magnitude. Where did the Changed ones come from? How can the world survive now that they've arrived? What lengths will people go to, to make sure they are the ones who remain? Join in the epic battle to save humanity in this open-ended series.

Officers Fox and Hammond, along with journalist Billy Trout, are calling it the beginning of the end. This is the zombie apocalypse. An insane escaped serial killer is infecting Stebbins County with a deadly virus, and now the whole world is watching while Fox, Trout, and the remaining inhabitants of Stebbins fight for their life against - what? The undead? The President and the National Guard are ready to nuke Stebbins, PA off the map and cut their losses. But the infection is spreading and fast.

Dive into the mysteries of Area X, a remote and lush terrain that has inexplicably sequestered itself from civilization. Twelve expeditions have gone in, and not a single member of any of them has remained unchanged by the experience - for better or worse.

Ethan lives in Harlem with his wife Janelle. The city gets out of control fast as an apocalypse hits the world. Harlem is burning; what is not burning is gang controlled. What is not gang controlled is abandoned. The people are on their own. The cops disappeared, same with fire fighters. The Fires are unchecked. Across the river parts of New Jersey are also burning. Ethen and his wife pick up bits and pieces of newscasts but none of it seems to make sense to them. Things become clearer over the next few nights. Something, or somethings are prowling the streets at night, preying even on the ...

It's a day after President John F. Kennedy narrowly misses Oswald's bullet. The POTUS is in the Oval Office recovering from a shrapnel wound. He has a morning cup of coffee at the Resolute Desk. He has a minor hand injury from shards of glass shattered in the limousine. He reads the morning paper about Oswald being killed outside of a Texas theater. Then, while he plays with his young toddler son John John with a new-fangled train set, it happens: A bloodcurdling sound is heard outside. A terrible ear-popping siren is all over Washington. Kennedy's face is galvanized with panic. The air ...

The Scottish Highlands: a sparse, mountainous region some say was carved by the gods themselves. Few places are as untouched as this harsh, prehistoric landscape. It is no place for man. But nestled deep within the wilderness lies a cottage, and behind that cottage is a hill....

It's been over two years since the zombie apocalypse changed the world. Zach Gunderson is still reeling after the brutal massacre of most of his loved ones and the abduction of his two children. There is only one person in his life now: Kelly, the sole survivor of the massacre. The two of them have carved out an existence for themselves, but in spite of Kelly's steadfast devotion, Zach finds himself questioning the purpose of trying to survive in a postapocalyptic world.

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.

Learn to kill or wait to die. In 3066 the world is a different place. Massive coronal ejections, nuclear fallout, and chemical poisons have reshaped the land. New life forms have evolved at an accelerated rate into creatures God and nature had no hand in playing. A few remaining settlements of mankind struggle to re-establish civilization. They’re failing. But beneath the ground, buried deep in a lost and forgotten installation, humanity’s ancestors are about to awaken. The freaks, mutants, and monsters roaming the blasted earth above are about to discover what real terror is all about.

In a world torn apart by a virulent and mutated virus, Jane may be humanity’s last hope. Trapped in a hospital ward, she faces an unending nightmare of isolation, haunting memories, and a sense of time slipping away. For over a week, her only companions are the echoes of distant gunfire and the sickening thuds of infected guards at her door, reminders that she’s on borrowed time. Then, a familiar face reappears—a former friend, twisted beyond recognition by the virus—bringing her a code that could unlock her prison. With it comes her one chance at escape and the harsh reality of the...