The new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph
Adams, featuring never-before-published stories and curated reprints by
some of the genre's most popular and critically-acclaimed authors.
In WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, veteran anthology editor John
Joseph Adams is once again our guide through the wastelands using his
genre and editorial expertise to curate his finest collection of
post-apocalyptic short fiction yet. Whether the end comes via nuclear
war, pandemic, climate change, or cosmological disaster, these stories
explore the extraordinary trials and tribulations of those who survive.
Featuring never-before-published tales by: Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey,
Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Richard Kadrey, Scott
Sigler, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Meg Elison, Greg van Eekhout,
Wendy N. Wagner, Jeremiah Tolbert, and Violet Allen--plus, recent
reprints by: Carmen Maria Machado, Carrie Vaughn, Ken Liu, Paolo
Bacigalupi, Kami Garcia, Charlie Jane Anders, Catherynne M. Valente,
Jack Skillingstead, Sofia Samatar, Maureen F. McHugh, Nisi Shawl,
Adam-Troy Castro, Dale Bailey, Susan Jane Bigelow, Corinne Duyvis,
Shaenon K. Garrity, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Darcie Little Badger, Timothy
Mudie, and Emma Osborne.
Continuing in the tradition of WASTELANDS: STORIES OF THE APOCALYPSE,
these 34 stories ask: What would life be like after the end of the world
as we know it?
