Defying Doomsday: Stories of Fear, Hope and Survival

Teens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet.A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family.New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors.A man seeks love in a fading world. How would you survive the apocalypse? Defying Doomsday is an anthology of apocalypse fiction featuring disabled and chronically ill protagonists, proving it’s not always the “fittest” who survive – it’s the most tenacious, stubborn, enduring and innovative characters who have the best chance of adapting when everything is lost. In stories of fear, hope and survival, this anthology gives new perspectives on the end of the world, from authors Corinne Duyvis, Janet Edwards, Seanan McGuire, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Stephanie Gunn, Elinor Caiman Sands, Rivqa Rafael, Bogi Takács, John Chu, Maree Kimberley, Octavia Cade, Lauren E Mitchell, Thoraiya Dyer, Samantha Rich, and K L Evangelista. Table of ContentsAnd the Rest of Us Wait - Corinne DuyvisTo Take Into the Air My Quiet Breath - Stephanie GunnSomething in the Rain - Seanan McGuireDid We Break the End of the World? - Tansy Rayner RobertsIn the Sky with Diamonds - Elinor Caiman SandsTwo Somebodies Go Hunting - Rivqa RafaelGiven Sufficient Desperation - Bogi TakácsSelected Afterimages of the Fading - John ChuFive Thousand Squares - Maree KimberleyPortobello Blind - Octavia CadeTea Party - Lauren E MitchellGiant - Thoraiya DyerSpider-Silk, Strong as Steel - Samantha RichNo Shit - K L EvangelistaI Will Remember You - Janet Edwards