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The Yellowstone Caldera has erupted once every 600,000 years. We’re 40,000 years overdue. A LAND OF ASH Lava flows stretch for hundreds of miles. A cloud of ash billows east, burying the Midwest, destroying crops, and falling upon the Pacific Coast like a warm, dead snow. The remnants of the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Wilma - One Last Dinner Party: Oren's wife, who planned a nice 'final' dinner party for friends
- Oren - One Last Dinner Party: Married for forty years to Wilma
- Hank - One Last Dinner Party: Store owner in town, friend of Oren's
- Thelma - One Last Dinner Party: Married to Roy, longtime friend of Wilma and Oren
- Roy - One Last Dinner Party: Thelma's husband
- The Man on the Mountain - Alone on the Mountain: A man who had lived 'off the grid' for years, surviving on his own, not aware of what was happening in the world
- Jason - Shelter: A single father protecting his daughter
- Melissa - Shelter: Jason's young daughter
- Jess - Beach Puppies: Mike's girlfriend, loved life, was going out with a bang
- Sean - Beach Puppies: The intellectual of the group
- Harvey - Beach Puppies: The 'glue' that held his group of friends together
- Mike - Beach Puppies: Jess's boyfriend, a party lover
- David - Beach Puppies: The artist of the group
- Gertrude Henderson - Toward the Storm: An elderly woman from Kentucky who decided to go west, toward where it all started, believing God would help her
- Alice - Toward the Storm: Gertrude's cat
- Samuel - Toward the Storm: A man who joined Gertrude one night, originally heading east, had lost his wife and son
- Harold - Last Words: Older man who lived in Florida, Gary's father
- Gary - Last Words: Harold's divorced son, with a dark secret that ate at him
- Carly Simmons - Refugees: An aide to the president sent to Boston to set up for refugees entering the city from the west
- Mayor D'Angelo - Refugees: Mayor of Boston
- Cassie - Refugees: Daniel's six-year-old daughter
- Daniel - Refugees: A young father who traveled to Boston to find a safe place for his daughter
- Javier - A Harmless American: A Mexican guard at the Rio Grande, charged with preventing Americans from coming across
- Leann - A Harmless American: A four or five-year old girl who made it across the Rio Grande
- Sergio - A Harmless American: A Mexican guard at the Rio Grande, charged with preventing Americans from coming across
- Derek - Secret Mission: A young boy in a refugee camp in a sports stadium, looking for privacy for a secret mission
- Guido Malfi - The One That Matters: An older man who had prepared for a disaster with a bomb shelter and supplies, also taking in Alyssa
- Alyssa - The One That Matters: A young girl protected by Guido
- Faye - Let It Continue: A nurse
- Susan Crawford - Let It Continue: John's wife, pregnant and soon to deliver
- John Crawford - Let It Continue: Susan's husband
- Julie - Let It Continue: The person who recommended John and Susan should seek out Faye
- Daniel Drake: Add a description of this character.
- Melissa
- Cassie
- Harold
- Jake
- Jason
- Ms. Gertrude Henderson
- Mayor D'Angelo
- Alice
- Sergio
- Guido Melfi
- Angela
- Janet
- Roy
- Hank
- David McAfee
- Randy
- Susan
- Alyssa
- Javier
- Thelma
- Harvey
- Carly Simmons
- Oren
- Mike
- Julie
- Wilma
- Mark
- Samuel
- Faye
- Derek
- John Crawford
- Sean
- Gary
- Jess
First Sentence edit
"Try and hurry back," Wilma told Oren as he climbed into his rusted blue ford.
Table of Contents edit
One Last Dinner Party
Alone on the Mountain
Shelter
Beach Puppies
Toward the Storm
Last Words
Refugees
A Harmless American
Secret Mission
The One That Matters
Let It Continue
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Dalglish (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- John Fitch V (Contributor)
- David L. McAfee (Contributor)
- Daniel Arenson (Contributor)
- David Dalglish (Contributor)
- Robert J. Duperre (Contributor)
- Michael Crane (Contributor)
- Mike Crane (Contributor)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-1456376789
Page Count: 124
Publisher: CreateSpace
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-1456376789
Page Count: 124
Awards edit
- eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards (Finalist, July 2012: Best Anthology)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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