{"id":49,"date":"2015-05-03T00:34:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T00:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poiseandpen.com\/publishing\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2017-02-15T18:16:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T01:16:52","slug":"a-is-for-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.poiseandpen.com\/publishing\/alphabet-anthologies\/a-is-for-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"A is for Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;A is for Apocalypse Cover&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.poiseandpen.com\/publishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/AisforApocalypse_Cover_v2.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;A is for Apocalypse&#8221; title_text=&#8221;A is for Apocalypse&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;left&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221;]<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>What do you get when you take twenty-six amazing writers, randomly assign them a letter of the alphabet and give them complete artistic freedom within a theme?<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">A is for Apocalypse<\/h2>\n<p>A is for Apocalypse contains twenty-six apocalyptic stories written by both well-known and up-and-coming writers. Monsters, meteors, floods, war\u2013the causes of the apocalypses in these tales are as varied as the stories themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring all new work by: Beth Cato, Damien Angelica Walters, Kenneth Schneyer, Marge Simon and Michael Fosburg, C.S. MacCath, K.L. Young, Simon Kewin, Milo James Fowler, Ennis Drake, Alexis A. Hunter, Alexandra Seidel, BD Wilson, Suzanne van Rooyen, Brittany Warman, Sara Cleto, Pete Aldin, Brenda Stokes Barron, KV Taylor, Cory Cone, Gary B. Phillips, Lilah Wild, Steve Bornstein, Samantha Kymmell-Harvey, Michael Kellar, Cindy James and Jonathan C. Parrish.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available now at:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a title=\"A is for Apocalypse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Apocalypse-Rhonda-Parrish-ebook\/dp\/B00MSZLF9U\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> (Kindle)<br \/>\n<a title=\"A is for Apocalypse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-Apocalypse-Rhonda-Parrish\/dp\/0993699014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> (Paperback)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Kobo Books\" href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-CA\/ebook\/a-is-for-apocalypse\" target=\"_blank\">Kobo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-is-for-apocalypse-rhonda-parrish\/1120162893\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And add it to your shelves on <a title=\"A is for Apocalypse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21944844-a-is-for-apocalypse\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Praise for A is for Apocalypse:<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Testimonial (Amanda)&#8221; author=&#8221;Amanda C. Davis&#8221; job_title=&#8221;Author of The Lair of the Twelve Princesses&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e6e1c4&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In A is for Apocalypse, the world ends in both fire and ice\u2013and by asteroid, flood, virus, symphony, immortality, the hands of our vampire overlords, and crowdfunding. A stellar group of authors explores over two dozen of the bangs and whispers that might someday take us all out. Often bleak, sometimes hopeful, always thoughtful, if A is for Apocalypse is as prescient as it is entertaining, we\u2019re in for quite a ride.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Testimonial (Ian)&#8221; author=&#8221;Ian Dawe&#8221; company_name=&#8221;Sequart Magazine (Contains Spoilers)&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/sequart.org\/magazine\/47635\/a-is-for-apocalypse-review\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e6e1c4&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; job_title=&#8221;Reviewer&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A is For Apocalypse\u2026 is one of the \u201cgood ones\u201d, spending very little time in Mad Max guns-and-cars land and much more time on creative and imaginative works of short fiction around a compelling theme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Testimonial (Long and Short)&#8221; author=&#8221;Astilbe&#8221; job_title=&#8221;Reviewer&#8221; company_name=&#8221;Long and Short Reviews&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.longandshortreviews.com\/book-reviews\/horror\/a-is-for-apocalypse-by-rhonda-parrish-editor\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e6e1c4&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA is for Apocalypse is a clever anthology that I\u2019d recommend to anyone who is a fan of hard science fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Testimonial (Deborah)&#8221; author=&#8221;Deborah Walker&#8221; job_title=&#8221;Nature Futures Author&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e6e1c4&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Editor Rhonda Parrish gives us apocalyptic fiction at its finest. There\u2019s not a whimper to be heard amongst these twenty-six End of the World stories. A wonderful collection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Testimonial (Hellnotes)&#8221; author=&#8221;Jess Landry&#8221; job_title=&#8221;Reviewer&#8221; company_name=&#8221;Hellnotes&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/hellnotes.com\/a-is-for-apocalypse-book-review&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e6e1c4&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2026with an assortment of plots and genres (some horror, some science fiction, even a few dabbling in romance and humour) there\u2019s a little bit here for everyone. Fans of apocalyptic tales should find A is for Apocalypse entertaining\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<p><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0993699016<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0993699014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Series:<\/strong> Alphabet Anthologies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cover art:<\/strong> Ig0rZh &#8211; Fotolia.com<br \/>\n<strong>Cover design:<\/strong> Jonathan C. Parrish<br \/>\n<strong>Story title art:<\/strong> Jonathan C. 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