We may indeed be the engine of our own demise, but we also possess the ability to drive our fate toward a brighter future as never before.
As a writer of speculative fiction, it's been my pleasure to imagine the "what if" scenarios raised by the turbulence of change, to dress them up in human flesh and endow them with compelling settings for others to contemplate. To force you to consider the possibilities beyond "what is."
Doomsday stories are among my favorite to tell, not because I particularly enjoy visions of global destruction, but because I consider such tales as distilleries of the human condition; they extract and amplify the best — and worst — essences of us, and in doing so, they teach us about ourselves, about the things we hold dear, the things we most fear, and the ideals we strive to attain.
Shelter in Place is a standalone story set at the nexus joining the post-apocalyptic world of BUNKER 12 and the pre-apocalyptic world of THE FLENSE, its companion series. They are my most ambitious projects to date.
BUNKER 12 begins three years after the event known as the Flense (the day represented in microscopic scale in the story you just read). It tells the story of a young man and his friends as they emerge into a new world after prolonged isolation. They have been told that the secret to the disease — and a means to cure it — may be found within a mythical shelter known as Bunker 12.
THE FLENSE follows a troubled young reporter as she attempts to uncover the links between several seemingly disconnected disasters to hopefully head off an extinction event predicted by the prepper group sponsoring her.
While Shelter in Place is essentially a horror story with a dark ending, it is optimistic at its core, as it tells the tale of an ordinary person rising against extraordinary challenges. It is the story of you or me. I hope you find it intriguing enough to want to investigate further the circumstances leading up to, and following, the day of doom it describes.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My thanks to the devoted staff of Brinestone Press, who helped put this book together and get it out to you.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Saul Tanpepper is the speculative fiction pen name for Ken J. Howe, a retired PhD molecular biologist and biotech entrepreneur who writes full time in multiple genres from his home in California.
Saul is the author of the epic post-apocalyptic series GAMELAND, in which a group of young computer hackers break into a live-action virtual reality gaming arcade populated by the resurrected bodies of executed criminals.
If you prefer shorter works, check out his two story collections, Insomnia: Paranormal Tales, Science Fiction, & Horror and Shorting the Undead: A Menagerie of Macabre Mini-Fiction.
To learn more about Saul's writings and for availability, please visit his website (http://www.tanpepperwrites.com), where you can sign up to receive a free starter library and news of releases, exclusive pricing specials, and giveaways. Finally, if you really want to pester him, visit his Facebook page (http://facebook.com/saul.tanpepper) and tell him to stop wasting time writing limericks about zombies.
If you enjoyed this story in the world of BUNKER 12, then you'll want to check out the series, as well as the companion series, THE FLENSE. You may also enjoy the GAMELAND series, an epic cyberpunk adventure through a post-apocalyptic world in which zombies are used as avatars in a twisted live action game for the amusement of the rich and privileged. Sign up for the Tanpepper Tidings for a free starter library. Find out more about Saul and his titles:
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Shelter in Place
by Saul Tanpepper
Copyright © 2016 by Saul Tanpepper
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Sept 5, 2016 by Brinestone Press, San Martin, CA 95046
Cover credit K.J. Howe Copyright © 2016
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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