ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT... 

For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin's seminal The Postman to Hugh Howey's Deep Blood Kettle and Tananarive Due's prescient Patient Zero, the end of the world continues to thrill. 

This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by: 

Ann Aguirre 

Megan Arkenberg 

Paolo Bacigalupi 

Christopher Barzak

Lauren Beukes 

David Brin 

Orson Scott Card 

Junot Díaz 

Cory Doctorow 

Tananarive Due 

Toiya Kristen 

Finley Milo 

Joe R. Lansdale 

George R. R. Martin 

Jack McDevitt 

Seanan McGuire 

Maureen F. McHugh 

D. Thomas Minton 

Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling 

Ramsey Shehadeh 

Robert Silverberg

Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who’s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing. 

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PRAISE FOR WASTELANDS: Everything that is best about the trope, from bleak, empty worlds to beacons of hope. - Booklist. The best anthology of any kind I have read to date. - Grasping for the Wind. A great collection that gets my highest recommendation.- Bookgasm