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What Are Post‑Apocalyptic Novels?
Post‑apocalyptic novels are stories set after a catastrophic event – a war, a plague, a climate…
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Our Need For An Apocalypse
Why do we keep imagining the end of the world? From preppers and government advice to…
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The Day of the Triffids Map
John Wyndham’s The Day Of The Triffids spans the globe in its backstory, mentioning South America, Russia, and…
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Urban Folklore for the Last Days
Songs for the myths that survive the ruins. Every city carries stories in its bones; the…
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London Bridge is Falling Down
Why Do You Still Sing London Bridge Is Falling Down? Has the destruction of any other…
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Music to Watch the Apocalypse By
The apocalypse will be set to music. There’s a strange calm that settles over the world…
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London at the End of the World
A soundtrack for a city on the edge. Cities have their own soundtracks, even if they…
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Animals of the Apocalypse: Omens, Harbingers, and Creatures of the End
This blogpost looks at the animals that we have turned into signals of destruction. Through no…
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Why London is the perfect city to end the world
London is the perfect city to end in: ancient, overloaded, resilient, and permanently on the brink.…
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The Raven
It would be remiss for a website concerning foreboding events and ravens not to mention the…
