It’s Halloween! And in honor of my daughter’s favorite holiday we’re going to discuss The Apocalypse Sucks. It would of course, if it weren’t so much fun to write. I mean, if you can’t make fun of the apocalypse, what can you make fun of?
Sandra and Molly live in the corporate tower where they used to work. They weren’t friends, only co-workers, but now they are family. The end of their world has come, and they are at the beginning of a new one. Most of the people they loved are dead due to a fast-moving virus that left a “chalk outline” where the body fell and burned up. They are scrounging for food, but managing, until the bat creatures show up outside their window one night. Now nothing is safe.
However, some things never change. Bras wear out and lip gloss gets used. What’s a girl to do? Go to the mall of course – bat creatures or no. So, armed with whatever they can find and taking the dog with them, they make another trip to the mall only to run into the bat creature they’d seen earlier. But are they creatures, or are they humans. Everything is different these days.
The story continues with the evolved humans after the virus and Molly and Sandra even find love once again. But life is still hard. Humans and bat creatures don’t get along even when the creatures learn to talk around their fangs, and then there is rumor that the virus was man made. Will it return and can it be stopped? Maybe one newcomer has the answer to these questions.
The Apocalypse Sucks is a satirical dark comedy blending dystopia, and girl power with a little hope for mankind. The story is funny, but humans will be humans in all that they do. I hope you enjoy reading (or listening to the audio version) of The Apocalypse Sucks, published by Airship 27, as much as I enjoyed writing it. It just goes to prove that even the end of the world can be fun if you put your mind to it!
What would you do if your world ended?
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