Title: Apocalypticon
Author: Clayton Smith
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Three years have passed since the Jamaicans caused the apocalypse,
and things in post-Armageddon Chicago have settled into a new kind of normal.
Unfortunately, that "normal" includes collapsing skyscrapers, bands
of bloodthirsty maniacs, and a dwindling cache of survival supplies. After
watching his family, friends, and most of the non-sadistic elements of society
crumble around him, Patrick decides it's time to cross one last item off his
bucket list.
He’s going to Disney World.
This hilarious, heartfelt, gut-wrenching odyssey through
post-apocalyptic America is a pilgrimage peppered with peril, as fellow
survivors Patrick and Ben encounter a slew of odd characters, from zombie
politicians and deranged survivalists to a milky-eyed oracle who doesn't have a
lot of good news. Plus, it looks like Patrick may be hiding the real reason for
their mission to the Magic Kingdom...
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EXCERPT
They stood on the trestles and waved
as the train pulled slowly away. Horace blew the whistle in two short bursts
and saluted from the engine. When the train had cleared the highway, Ben turned
to Patrick and said, “Please tell me you remembered to pack an elevator.”
“Yeah, I did pack it, originally,
but then there wasn’t any room for my Little Orphan Annie decoder ring, so I
took it out. But fear not, young traveler, for I have the next best thing.
Rope!” He pulled the nylon rope from his bag triumphantly and let it uncoil
over the side of the bridge. It dangled just over the edge of the tracks.
"Brilliant. You brought a
really useful three-foot rope."
“Well, I’m going to find a use for
it somewhere,” Patrick said, hurriedly stuffing it back into the bag. “You just
wait.”
“You think we could jump it?”
“Sure. It’s only twenty feet or so.”
“Are you being sarcastic right now,
or serious? I can never tell.”
“This time, I’m being serious,
mostly. Twenty feet isn’t that many feet. It’ll probably hurt like hell, but
we’ll live. Probably.”
“Words every man wants to hear in a
world without doctors,” Ben muttered.
“There are doctors somewhere,”
Patrick reminded him. “They’re just not you or me.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Clayton Smith is a sometimes-writer,
sometimes-napper based in Chicago, where he uses neither his bachelor’s in
journalism nor his master’s in arts management. He is often calamitous, and
good at bacon. He lives with his impressively tolerant wife.
Clayton’s previous works include Pants
on Fire: A Collection of Lies and the comedic play Death and McCootie, which
debuted at the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival.
AUTHOR LINKS
www.StateOfClayton.com
www.twitter.com/Claytonsaurus
www.facebook.com/Claytonsaurus
www.amazon.com/author/claytonsmith
I enjoyed both the premise of the book and the excerpt. Apocalypticon sounds like an awesome adventure read. Nice to have a little levity when facing the end of civilization as we know it!
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So what is these guys relationship before the apocalypse?
ReplyDeleteFriends? Related some how? Anything? Or did they just get together from all the zombies???'
andralynn7 AT gmail DOT com
Hi Andra! They've been friends for a while...in the story, we learn that they went to college together.
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