For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin's seminal "The Postman" to Hugh Howey's "Deep Blood Kettle" and Tananarive Due's prescient "Patient Zero," the end of the world continues to thrill.
This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by:

Ann Aguirre
Megan Arkenberg
Paolo Bacigalupi
Christopher Barzak
Lauren Beukes
David Brin
Orson Scott Card
Junot D az
Cory Doctorow
Tananarive Due
Toiya Kristen Finley
Milo James Fowler
Maria Dahvana Headley
Hugh Howey
Keffy R. M. Kehrli
Jake Kerr
Nancy Kress
Joe R. Lansdale
George R. R. Martin
Jack McDevitt
Seanan McGuire
Maureen F. McHugh
D. Thomas Minton
Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling
Ramsey Shehadeh
Robert Silverberg
Rachel Swirsky
Genevieve Valentine
James Van Pelt
Christie Yant

Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who's who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing.