January 5, 2026

New York

Chronicles from the Wastelands 01 The collapse had been a swift, brutal amputation. The surge, a cataclysmic event that had not only silenced our digital world but had also plunged vast swathes of the planet into darkness and disarray. The immediate aftermath had been a blur of panic, of desperate attempts to comprehend the incomprehensible. The abstract threats of cyber warfare or economic collapse had been replaced by the terrifyingly concrete realities of starvation, disease, and the primal struggle for survival. In the early days, the focus had been singular: survive. Find food, find water, find shelter. My technical skills, so vital in the old world, were largely useless. I learned to scavenge, to ration, to move with a stealth born of necessity. I learned the silence of the wilderness, the language of rustling leaves and snapping twigs. But survival, I was discovering, was not an end in itself. It was a means to an end, a precarious foundation upon which something more must be built. It was a recognition that to truly survive, I needed to do more than just exist; I needed toย be. #Dystopian #Apocalyptic #Epic #Survival #Amazon #Kindle #KU #Horror https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8VDRW4C https://youtu.be/xEO0R-NsW9Q

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The Symphony of Shadows

The prison uniform, now discarded in a shadowed alcove, lay like a discarded skin, a molted shell of a former self. It was a stark visual representation of his transformation, a physical shedding of the past. #Prison #crime #Thriller #Drama

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Surviving the Wastelands

My head swam. I tried to focus, to piece together what had happened, but my memories were fragmented, blurred like a badly scratched photograph. Images flickered โ€“ a flash of bright light, the deafening roar of something immense, the sickening crunch of collapsing structuresโ€ฆand then, nothing. Only the darkness before the agonizing awakening in this hellish landscape.

#Dystopian #Apocalyptic #Survival #Epic #Disaster

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A journey beyond the Horizon

The ‘Sea Wanderer’ was more than just a vessel; it was their home, their adventure capsule, a testament to years of planning, saving, and dreaming. It was a forty-foot sloop, built to withstand the rigors of extended ocean voyages, her hull a sturdy, reassuring blue, her sails crisp and white against the deepening azure of the sky.A few weeks into their ocean cruise life for the Robinsons takes an ominous turn when a sudden storm wreaks havoc on the ship and family…

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The Small town of Glennville New York is a nice quiet place to settle down and raise your family. At least that is What Sheriff Kyle Stevens thought when he retired after being a detective in New York City for twenty years. And Glennville, for the most part was quiet. Respectful. Safe. Until the day Kyle’s deputy found the body of a young girl out by the old, abandoned school building…

#Mystery #Murder #Crime #DellSweet #KU #DellSweet

Small Town Murder: A Kyle Stevens Murder Mystery (Glennville Book 12)ย Kindle Edition… #Mystery #Murder #Crime #DellSweet #KU #DellSweet

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by W. G. Sweet (Author) #Zombie #Horror #Kindle #Amazon

John watched as Bear helped the girls move their sleeping bags and back packs over to a clear space on the factory floor. He didnโ€™t see what Madison saw in Cammy, but it was her choice, and she wouldnโ€™t get a second chance with him. He came close to slamming his fist into the cement floor.

Not frustrated at all, he told himself. Not even a little.

He was about to roll out his sleeping bag and go to sleep, maybe tomorrow would have a different spin, he thought briefly, when Bear walked over and dropped down in a squat next to him. He moved so fast and easy for a big man. โ€œHey,โ€ John was startled into saying.

Bear smiled. โ€œDidn’t mean to startle you… Thought you saw me coming.โ€

โ€œNo… No, you didn’t startle me at all,โ€ John lied.

Bear nodded. He cleared his throat a little. โ€œMaddy and I talked a little… This place is safe, but it isn’t where we need to be, so we thought we’d light out… Tomorrow… Jersey, maybe further, either way, out of the city is the goal.โ€

โ€œMaddy?โ€ John asked. โ€œSo it’s like that.โ€

Bear kept the smile on his face. โ€œListen,โ€ he leaned close, too close, but it was a tactic he reserved for situations just like this back in the old world. โ€œShe wants to go… With Cammy,โ€ he spread his hands, huge hands, โ€œIt is what it is, man.โ€

John shook his head. โ€œI don’t see it. It’s a new world… Who knows how many of us may have died off… If you look at New York alone it’s got to be millions.โ€

Bear nodded, not really sure where John was going.

John leaned close. โ€œSo how do you build a population back up if the women are only with the women?โ€

Bear shook his head. โ€œYou know what I said to Maddy a few moments ago?โ€ He didn’t wait for John to answer. โ€œShe said something about the way you have a tried to impose upon her that she needs a man, and I said, ‘What a dick.’ That’s what I said, ‘What a dick.โ€

John just glared from under his lowered brows.

โ€œGrow up, John, or go your own way, but as for those two?โ€ He looked over at Madison and Cammy. โ€œDon’t mess with them anymore… I understand your thoughts might have gotten messed up… It’s tough times like this that can do that, but they are their own, not your own.โ€ He patted one huge hand against John’s shoulder, smiled and then stood and walked away…

by W. G. Sweet (Author)

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America the Dead Survivor Stories One contains the first two books of the America The Dead series. Begins The End: When a catastrophic natural disaster looms on the near horizon, the government releases an airborne virus designed to make the human race better able to survive. Those that do survive are picking up the pieces of their world, and those that have died lay in their death sleep, but in their bodies the virus works on, mutating, setting the stage for a second catastrophe far worse that the first. Los Angeles: An apocalypse of epic proportions has shaken the Earth to its core. In the bigger cities the dead are growing quickly in numbers. Growing intelligent as they continue to change and mutate. They have one thought in their rotting brains, take over the world, and destroy those that live in the process. Billy Jingo leaves Los Angeles hoping there might be something better on the other coast…

The Teacher’s Shadow

The stench of stale urine and rotting garbage clung to the air, a familiar perfume in George Topsfield’s nocturnal endeavors. Rain, a relentless drizzle that had plastered itself to the city for days, slicked the cobblestones of the alley, turning the already dismal space into a treacherous, reflective mirror of the neon-drenched city above. It was a fitting stage for the final act of this particular performance. Across from him, huddled in the meager shelter of an overflowing dumpster, was his mark: a weasel-faced accountant named Arthur Finch. #Crime #HitMan #OrganizedCrime #Mystery #Thriller #Drama

The Jail Job: The intended guy is in Rikers Island doing a year. George uses Juanita’s computer skills to access the inmate Database and have him released early. Vinnie tells him he is a snitch and a suspected child molester, but the truth is he is an undercover ATF officer investigating Vinnie’s interests in Rikers Island, where he controls the drug and sex trade in the huge jail. When he is taken to the prison ferry and released, he has no idea what has happened. He finds himself on the street with no funds, phone, walking after he is dropped off by the prison transport bus. He resolves himself to the thirty block walk to the ATF offices. George catches him on the way and kills him.

#Crime #HitMan #OrganizedCrime #Mystery #Thriller #Drama


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