Defying Doomsday

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 Contents

And the Rest of Us Wait - Corinne Duyvis

To Take Into the Air My Quiet Breath - Stephanie Gunn

Something in the Rain - Seanan McGuire

Did We Break the End of the World? - Tansy Rayner Roberts

In the Sky with Diamonds - Elinor Caiman Sands

Two Somebodies Go Hunting - Rivqa Rafael

Given Sufficient Desperation - Bogi Takács

Selected Afterimages of the Fading - John Chu

Five Thousand Squares - Maree Kimberley

Portobello Blind - Octavia Cade

Tea Party - Lauren E Mitchell

Giant - Thoraiya Dyer

Spider-Silk, Strong as Steel - Samantha Rich

No Shit - K L Evangelista

I Will Remember You - Janet Edwards