After the Apocalypse

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode fifteen – “Cuckoo” … The sun was beginning to push its light into the sky in the east. Mags knew by the feel of it that it was going to be another hot and humid summer day. The air was thick, and it felt like breathing through a wet towel.  On normal days she would be glad to greet the dawn. Today the brighteni...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode fourteen – “Barrage” …  Although it was still a few hours before dawn, the room felt stifling and warm. This time of year, the late summer heat that accumulated during the day never really cleared out during the night.  Like an old family home, the distribution center had seen much. The cafeteria sat in benevol...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode thirteen – “Whirlwind”  ... General Ottweiler was worried in a way that he hadn't been since before everyone died from the sickness.  This felt like the old, pre-apocalypse days when there was a change in administration.  He’d lived through it. The new overlords in Washington DC would have ‘ new’ priorities.&nb...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode twelve – “Burn”  ... An animated 3D Defender Bioceutical logo rotated slowly on the screen. The old man’s crew had managed to get a generator running, and with it, the backup power to the facility.   At least enough to get the main systems back online. “ Developing a Better Future” scrolled slowly, left to...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode eleven – “Politics” … Congressman Alvingham looked out of his office window. There was some sort of interaction going on at the fence. His guards were turning yet another group of refugees away. There was a scuffle, and a shoving match started. They were shouting and angry and the guards needed to draw their weapons...

Buy a book -> https://booklocker.com/books/13731.html ... After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode ten – “Razor”  ... Brent did not know how long he had been sitting in the chair.  He had been focused on staying relaxed and using the time to calm his mind, but he was starting to get unsettled.   Unwanted thoughts crowded into his composure. He had to go...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode nine – “Screech” … Some kind of animal shot out from behind the lab cages and leapt at the old man. And then chaos! The old man fell on his back, and rolled on the floor, with his arms up trying to protect his face and head from the frenzied attacker.  A whirlwind of vicious blows assaulted him as he rolled across the floor t...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode eight – “Fort” … The active, angry cawing of crows fighting over carrion broke Brent from his morning sleep.  At first, he was disoriented but quickly came to the present.  The truck roof.  The dim light of a new day. Fort Manning. It felt like there were more crows now. The old joke was that rats and cockroach...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode seven – “Convoy”  ... It took a long three days for Brent and his small convoy to go the 150 miles to get to Fort Manning. The roads were bad.  Abandoned vehicles blocked the highways.  It was like this everywhere.  Pathetic human chaos frozen in time.  As the virus struck and panic overcame the populace,...

 After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode six – “Conceit” ... Dr. Shuck -> http://www.drshuck.com/scifi The corpse by the door didn’t shock anyone. They were used to the dead. At this point, nine months into the apocalypse, even the most reclusive of them had seen dozens of corpses.  It was a corpse world, inhabited by corpses.  They, the livi...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode five – “Entrance”  ... The Defender Bioceuticals building sat back from the road behind a large, well-manicured lawn like a nouveau-riche idiot’s version of corporate Versailles. The whole facility was surrounded by a large masonry wall topped with a robust combination of security fencing, tastefully screened by landscap...

Chapter Sixteen – Burying the Past ... Why hadn’t she stayed with Grace and Teri? She could have. Janet probably should have stayed and maintained human contact. Built a tribe or a new family. Found a way. But she didn’t. She couldn’t. The wounds were too raw. It felt too soon. Too soon to let new people in. This new world of chaos and dying had systematically to...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode four – “Search for the Cure” ... The small, yellowish, bones were strung on a piece of fishing line. They dangled from the man’s clutched fingers.  “Take another step and I end you man!” He threatened.  The muscles of his neck stood out taut like cords and he seemed to vibrate with malignant energy.  His eyes w...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode 3 – “Barn Storm” … Janet sat off to one side scratching Bill the dog behind his ear and watching the leadership group assemble. She suppressed a smile, thinking to herself that in the new barn it felt like an odd ho-down or square dance might bust out. Bill’s hind leg twitched, and he leaned into her hand insistently with his...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode two – “Alliance” … “ The Plant ” – was how locals referred to it. You didn’t need to specify which plant. It was the largest automobile production facility within 100 miles. The Plant employed over 1,500 union workers and pumped out 1,000 new trucks and SUVs a day at peak production.  The whole complex covered...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season five, Episode one – “Oracles”  ... Pure, animal terror gripped the Old Man as he struggled to climb. Every time he reached to grab, to pull himself up and away from the encroaching pursuer, his arms and legs would become tangled in torn shreds of clothing and dead flesh. He was trapped between the gibbering aberration of fetid de...

Interview – Les is Made Alright my survivor friends. I have good news and better news.  Today’s interview is the last of the ‘filler’ episodes for the interregnum between Season 4 and 5.  On Friday, September 6th at 11:59 PM or 23:59 Season 5, episode 1 will appear like a rising phoenix on your podcast players around the globe.  And, If you can’t wait that long, I’m going to ma...

George Allen Miller Interview – Our Favorite Sci-Fi Introduction Hello my apocalypse survivors. This week we present to you the penultimate in the series of interviews from our summer break between seasons.  I'd love to be on your podcast! What days/time works for you? I put together a media kit on my website,  www.georgeallenmiller.com , with details about me, the book, and areas w...

Interview: Fran Tabor Hello my survivor friends. Today we present a 25 minute interview of science fiction author and all-around interesting thinker, Fran Tabor. Don’t worry, we are getting close to the end of our summer vacation. Soon, you and I, and countless others, will be walking hand in hand towards the blinding sunlight of Season 5.  I am working on the script for season 5.&n...

The Stoned Genius Interview Hello my survivor friends. Today I present a far-ranging, long form interview that I did for the Stoned Genius Podcast.  The TLDNR is a) If you are looking for the main narrative this is not that. Season 5 will start up again at the end of the summer.  And b) this is me being interviewed on another podcast and is over an hour and a half long – so you...

Richard Anderson Interview – Evolution to Islands in the Void Hello my survivor friends. Hope you are doing well and your summer is progressing nicely. Today I interview Richard Anderson who is a scientist and writer With a career in the biological sciences.  Again – these interviews I do are special episodes while you are waiting for the main narrative of After the Apocalypse to restart...

Interview Roger Smith - Robotics and SciFi https://www.rddsmith.com Hello my apocalypse friends, Hope you are doing well. In this episode we treat you to an interview with Robert Smith where we talk about robotics and AI.  For those of you time traveling in from the future, it is June of 2024 and we are between seasons 4 and 5 of the narrative.  As is my habit I take a break from th...

Second pass AMN Epi1 Introduction Hello Survivors! We are on our break between seasons. As is my habit, I over you some different stories and interviews to hold you interest while I’m working on the next season.  Today I’m going to replay the first chapter in a story I’m writing called “Alien McGuffin Noir”, read by Mike Darling, AKA ‘Makeshift’ from the Wasteland.  So, if you’re a...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season four, Episode twenty one – “The End Days” ... The next day the old man made it to the campus. He watched Zane attempt to skip stones across the campus pond with Wili. She still couldn’t get it right and, instead, turned to shove Zane from behind towards the water. Zane caught his balance, laughed, and pushed back.  The shoving de...

After the Apocalypse A pandemic survival story Season four, Episode twenty – “Future Shock” … Normal pace even tone to start. Brent stopped the Humvee at the barrier.  Not that he had a choice. He wasn’t going to get through unless the defenders let him through.  Janet was driving the second Humvee. She came to a stop with two or three vehicle lengths space between them.  Habit...