The Apocalypse Reader
Think back - it might've been pessimism, or melodrama, or just those leftover shards of Sunday School that can never be extracted from the human brain, but weren't you secretly a little disappointed when the world didn't end on New Year's Eve 1999? Editor Justin Taylor has transformed his obsession with doomsday into the pre-scuffed and cherry-red Apocalypse Reader, collecting 34 short stories that show how the world might come to an end. Writers range from hipster favourites like Rick Moody and Kelly Link to the oldest of old-school horror with Edgar Allen Poe and H.P. Lovecraft - whose contribution "Nyarlathotep" has a title that's fun both to type and to say.
Some books, though, just seem to tempt fate. The publisher of The Apocalypse Reader stumbled into its own doomsday and promptly went out of business immediately after printing, meaning there will be no advertising, no promotion - and no reason not to order a copy before the seas inevitably turn to blood.
Format: Book
Motivation: Improve your dinner conversation
Keywords: Hipster, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe
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