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Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.

But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild.

The Apocalypse Triptych will tell their stories.

Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, The Apocalypse Triptych is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. The End Is Nigh focuses on life before the apocalypse. The End Is Now turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And The End Has Come explores life after the apocalypse.

Volume one of The Apocalypse Triptych, The End Is Nigh, features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jamie Ford, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Ken Liu, and many others.

Post-apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that have already burned. Apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that are burning. The End Is Nigh is about the match.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The End is Nigh) - essay by John Joseph Adams
• The Balm and the Wound - short story by Robin Wasserman
• Heaven is a Place on Planet X - short story by Desirina Boskovich
• Break! Break! Break! - short story by Charlie Jane Anders (2014)
• The Gods Will Not Be Chained - short story by Ken Liu
• Wedding Day - short story by Jake Kerr
• Removal Order - short story by Tananarive Due
• System Reset - short story by Tobias S. Buckell
• This Unkempt World is Falling to Pieces - short story by Jamie Ford
• BRING HER TO ME - short story by Ben H. Winters
• In the Air - short story by Hugh Howey
• Goodnight Moon - short story by Annie Bellet
• Dancing with Death in the Land of Nod - novelette by Will McIntosh
• Houses Without Air - short story by Megan Arkenberg
• The Fifth Day of Deer Camp - novelette by Scott Sigler
• Enjoy the Moment - short story by Jack McDevitt
• Pretty Soon the Four Horsemen are Going to Come Riding Through - short story by Nancy Kress
• Spores - novelette by Seanan McGuire [as by Mira Grant]
• She's Got a Ticket to Ride - short story by Jonathan Maberry
• Agent Unknown - short story by David Wellington
• Enlightenment - short story by Matthew Mather
• Shooting the Apocalypse - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Love Perverts - short story by Sarah Langan

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.

But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild.

The Apocalypse Triptych will tell their stories.

Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, The Apocalypse Triptych is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. The End Is Nigh focuses on life before the apocalypse. The End Is Now turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And The End Has Come explores life after the apocalypse.

The End Is Nigh is about the match. The End Has Come is about what will rise from the ashes. The End Is Now is about the conflagration.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - John Joseph Adams
• Herd Immunity - short story by Tananarive Due
• The Sixth Day Of Deer Camp - short story by Scott Sigler
• Goodnight Stars - short story by Annie Bellet
• Rock Manning Can't Hear You - short story by Charlie Jane Anders
• Fruiting Bodies - short story by Seanan Mcguire
• Black Monday - short story by Sarah Langan
• Angels Of The Apocalypse - short story by Nancy Kress
• Agent Isolated - short story by David Wellington
• The Gods Will Not Be Slain - short story by Ken Liu
• You've Never Seen Everything - short story by Elizabeth Bear
• Bring Them Down - short story by Ben H. Winters
• Twilight Of The Music Machines - short story by Megan Arkenberg
• Sunset Hollow - short story by Jonathan Maberry
• Penance - short story by Jake Kerr
• Avtomat - short story by Daniel H. Wilson
• Dancing With Batgirl In The Land Of Nod - novelette by Will Mcintosh
• The Hair Of The Moon - short story by Jamie Ford
• To Wrestle Not Against Flesh And Blood - short story by Desirina Boskovich
• In The Mountain - short story by Hugh Howey
• Dear John - novelette by Robin Wasserman