Cover and Contributors Unveiled: "No One Makes It Out Alive: an end of the world anthology"

As of today, submissions are closed for "No One Makes It Out Alive: an end of the world anthology". I'd like to thank all the writers who submitted work and expressed interest in this project, but mostly I'd like, today, to unveil the cover for the anthology.



Cover art by Dave Lipscomb. Most of you will know him and his work from the column him and I work on together, the Belialian Woman, for Horrotica Magazine. This is but one of the first joint projects Dave and I have planned for release in 2012.

I naturally am the editor of the anthology. That means I'll be spending the next few weeks polishing the works of my contributors, compiling, and formatting the collection for release. I will, also, be contributing a short story of my own to the collection, "Grandmother’s Necklace".

Contributors will also include:

Garth von Buchholz, who's non-fiction piece regarding our cultural need for end of the world stories, "It's the End of the World as We Know it", will serve as the anthology's forward.

Andrea Dean van Scoyoc, who offers us two glimpses into how she sees the world ending with "The Harbinger", the thoughts of an agent of the apocalypse upon its even, and "Finally Famous", a world ending zombie story.

Joseph DeRepentigny, in his usually fashion, tells us a quirky tale of a man on mission for entertainment while the undead put an end to civilization in "Canned Corn".

Josephine Seven, with her erotic short "Theai Arkhaiai" resurrects some ancient gods just in time to end it all.

Ken Knight, gives us two stories about the world ending. One, "No Love on Doomsday", is a throw back of sorts to the good old days of the cold war and the other, "Manny Monroe and the Motel Girl", finds the world in the grips of a pandemic.

Magan Rodriguez, gives voice to the cries of the disabled and the forgotten as the world ends in her story "Critical Mass".

Tibbie X, touches on the subject of suicide and giving up on the world in her short, "Spite".

And last, but certainly far from least, W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh took hir first stab at writing about the end of the world with hir duly titled story "The End of the World", but also gives us a unique take on how the world of the dinosaurs ended in the short "The Truth About Dinosaurs, and Dragons".