Cirrus@Austlit

'You’ve read the predictions of people like Nostradamus and Mother Shipton. And some believed the Mayan Calendar predicted the end of the world in 2012. Yet here we still are…

'But what if, tomorrow, we woke up to a world with no electricity, no gas, no telephone? What if there were no shops or hospitals? What if you had to gather food and water? What if the old world, the world we know and take for granted, was gone forever and in its place is a new world where humanity must learn new skills to survive.

'Tomorrow, anything could happen!

'Would you survive?

'Fifteen apocalyptic short stories explore the possibility of plagues, biohazards, natural disasters and human error. The walking dead, rogue plant life, self-aware technology and intergalactic travel will show the effects these disasters could have on us and our world.' (Publisher's blurb)