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The Amish have a casino on the Las Vegas Strip (no electricity, of course); the Mormon Underground rescues people from the clutches of the federal government; the Pentecostals have joined the Aryan Nation (“they were the only church that had guns”). The United States has devolved into a feudal... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “Instantly I see how wrong I was in the moments I doubted you, and in the moments I relied on you, I see your reservoirs of strength were infinitely more deep. As you brush the hair from your eyes I see the fingers I longed to kiss, the cheeks I longed to caress, the lips I longed to press to mine. Your eyes suffuse with water, and so do mine. How could it be the end of the world if such love survives? Men have empires; nations have tyrants; the earth has pestilence and disasters. These are vapors to us. We have but one thing, and it lasts forever. Praise God.”
    Bryan

First Sentence

We were staying at the Amish, so of course there was no air conditioning.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A Day in Las Vegas
Chapter 2: What Not to Say, and When Not to Say It
Chapter 3: Never Be Too Far From a Beautiful Woman
Chapter 4: Shirts and Skins
Chapter 5: If It Only Has One String, It’s Probably Not a Musical Instrument
Chapter 6: How to Cheer Up a Nihilist
Chapter 7: Bomb Crazy
Chapter 8: Proving I Love Her by How Many Women I Resist
Chapter 9: Knowing Where You Want to Be, During an Apocalypse
Chapter 10: A Day Only Poe Could Pen
Chapter 11: A Shower Doesn’t Clean Everything
Chapter 12: The Irresistible Demise
Chapter 13: The End of the World
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