Jake's Monthly- Post Apocalyptic Anthology

By Jake Johnson

All throughout November, fresh and experienced authors submitted stories of dead and dying worlds. This is the result.

Welcome to Jake's Monthly, a project designed to produce a new, themed short-story collection every month. Having just escaped Lovecraftian Horror, we now find ourselves in the ashen seas of the Post Apocalypse. Prepare yourself for bleak tragedies, fun flash pieces, and a glimpse of hope amidst the rubble.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jake Johnson
• Release date: Dec 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465808738

Jake Johnson

A seventeen-year-old freelance writer and professional editor, Jake J. Johnson is not using a pseudonym. Starting to read at any early age, he built up college-level reading comprehension on a steady diet of imaginative SF and horror before entering high school. It was around this time that he discovered a talent for writing, and, shortly thereafter, another for editing. He is rather disenchanted by novels which appear in English curricula, and much prefers newer, original stories created using recent media. For example, the interactive stories told through the video games “The Stanley Parable” and “Dear Esther”, the concept of the “light novel”, and the community-told story of “The Fear Mythos”. He much prefers looking to the future to studying the past. His favorite novel is both Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” and Lawrence Miles' "This Town Will Never Let Us Go", and his favorite short story is Isaac Asimov’s “The Last Question”. His ultimate goal is to become an anthology and manuscript editor at ACE, ROC, TOR, or DAW. For now, he's content with gaining a hold on the world of publishing.

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