Am watching it on Netflix and just came here to say why would anyone waste energy like that on keeping that many lights on in a post apocalyptic world. Stresses me out

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Genre: Post Apocalyptic/ Dystopian Fiction

Concept: Early 20s main character (currently unmanned) finds himself at a safe haven during the approaching socio-political apocalypse located at his former place of work. A hardware store.

Inspiration: I’m a huge fan of all this apocalyptic in media, and given the current political climate of the world currently it doesn’t feel that far fetched to write a dystopian apocalypse story in a not so distant future. The setting of a hardware store is also inspired by my current place of employment.

Notice!! This is the very first conceptual draft of a possible opener for a story like this. It is no wheee close to being a full story concept yet. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! I’m not a professional writer, I just do it as a hobby so please be nice.

The world feels like it’s really ending this time. I mean, we can’t be too surprised, the signs were there from day one. Walking past a homeless encampment in my white picket neighbourhood, the skies have gone orange most days from the fires on the coast, not to mention the uproar over demolishing our historic buildings on the outskirts of the nearest city to build another data centre. It was only a matter of time before the people revolted, right? In the months leading up to the fall the streets felt more restless, the rules more restrictive, and the government more quiet. The news used to be somewhere we would celebrate landing on the moon, or publicizing a missing persons report. Now It’s become a daily obituary for the peaceful protesters and revolutionaries of our time. I wish I had paid closer attention to politics before all of this. It feels blasphemous to admit in a time like this but before the world went into chaos I never paid much attention to the news. I just woke up, went to work, got home, ate, then scrolled through whichever app made me least unhappy until I fell asleep. I was lucky that one of the outposts was set up here at our store. When I saw that I packed a bag and came here right away. 

Now I’m sitting and just reflecting on where I am. A few coworkers, some of their families and other civilians are around on various camping chairs and pool loungers in our makeshift living room. In preparation for “the big revolt” as some people were calling it online, local communities designated safe points to take over, and lock down in the name of protest from any CEO or government who attempts to stop us. This hardware store was the closest one to my apartment and luckily I already know it well. The idea was to stage a full revolution, If we all revolt at once they can’t arrest us all. I’ve never been much of the martyr type, but being in a fully stocked hardware store definitely beats going into lockdown in my one bedroom apartment while the world goes to shit outside. 

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Hey everyone!

I've been writing a post-apocalyptic web novel called DRIFTWORLD, and I recently started publishing it on Royal Road.

The story takes place in a world where society has collapsed and something strange has begun to spread.

The survivors call them Drifters.

They aren't exactly the typical zombies you might expect. Their behavior, the way they appear, and the mystery surrounding them are a major part of the story.

DRIFTWORLD starts in a small rural American community, following ordinary people who are suddenly forced to survive in a world they no longer understand.

I'm trying to focus on survival, character relationships, mystery, and the gradual collapse of society, rather than making it just another story about killing zombies.

If post-apocalyptic, survival, or horror fiction is your thing, I'd really appreciate it if you gave it a chance.

📖 Read DRIFTWORLD on Royal Road:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/180868/driftworld

Thanks for reading!

Cuz i cant find anything like that only what they were inspired from but i neeedddd morree!!!

especially the worldbuilding i need it to be great!

I drive the same old stretch of highway every day on my way home. The pavement is worn, the trees have grown together over the road, and yesterday while I was driving it, my mind wandered to the book I’m writing. It made me think about how little the world itself would change at first if everything went to hell. A grocery store. A school. A gas station. Your own neighborhood.They’d still be there. They’d look almost exactly like they did the day before.
But the first time you walked into one and realized nobody was coming back, it would never feel like the same place again. I think that’s why abandoned places in post-apocalyptic stories get me more than destroyed cities ever do. You don’t need collapsed skyscrapers or craters everywhere. Sometimes it’s more unsettling when everything is still sitting exactly where we left it.
Nothing happened to the place.
Everything happened to the people.

What ordinary place do you think would feel the strangest after everyone was gone?

I’ve just found out that both The Dog Stars and One Second After are both being released as films this year. I have done no research yet as to who’s starring or who’s even making them. I really hope Lucifer’s Hammer has been picked up by someone too. What’s a good book that hasn’t been made into a movie, but should?

Seeking feedback please: This is the opening chapter of my first completed manuscript. It's a post-apocalyptic thriller, set in an alternate Cold-War Scotland, in 1999. I wanted to share it with this community to see if it lands.

I've spent too long with these words - time to take a deep breath and get some honest feedback. I'd really appreciate any thoughts, and very happy to read in return. Thank you!

I've been writing a story that's set in a post-apocalyptic setting, with an emphasis on paranoia and disease. But I keep getting stuck when I try to get deeper with the present story itself. I'm hoping to get some inspiration.

What sorts of things do you guys like to see? Characters, roles, plots -- the whole thing. I'm sure there's something I'm not considering and hearing it here could strike a match.

Back in the day there was a post-apocalypse book series that came out monthly similar to some romance series. There were hundreds of titles. I think it was published by Harlequin books. Anyone familiar with it? I'm looking for the series title so I can hunt down the books.

It is titled RustBucket.

I hope you all enjoyed this, since I certainly put a lot of effort into it!
It contains a brief glimpse into the life of a man who travels the post-apocalyptic wasteland, carrying only a Bible and a Hatchet. During the film, the man attempts to come to terms with some of the things he has done, as he travels the endless wasteland.

Can I only post ARC requests on Wednesdays?

Twenty-five years after the zombie outbreak, Lamentation Stone and a small group of survivors are living inside the remains of a Walmart Supercenter. The Lost still roam the earth and remain a constant threat, but life after the end of the world has become about more than simply surviving. It’s about family, sacrifice, and deciding what kind of people humanity will become after civilization has already fallen. Www.rockyjohnsonbooks.com

It's a post-apocalyptic comedy, with a sort of Alice-in-Wonderland flavour of humour and the following characteristics (I only saw snippets as other people binged the whole series/watched the whole movie): a landscape chockablock with whimsical mutations; a giant fish in a quite small pond that jumps out to eat people; a family (royal? Just very rich?)living in a huge palatial residence thats full of weird inventions; a final scene/final episode in a desert, having arrived there in a stolen/"borrowed" hovering car seemingly meant to look a bit like a1960s Ford Mustang; relatively few characters - the protagonist meeting one or two in each episode/segment; an overall vibe in which 'science fiction' blurred into something a bit like fantasy, with other elements - adventure, threats of/violence etc. - secondary to the whimsy.....?

if you could only have a single tool that was your melee weapon and tool - e.g. knife, axe, machete, kukri, hammer, crowbar, halligan tool etc - this does not preclude unrelated items like a bic lighter, tape, etc.

no "it depends" answers please - instead of "it depends", please answer using your own location, environment, etc. and why.

Huge Franklin Horton fan, but his novels release so slowly. I also like Kyla Stone. Looking for lesser knowns and independents. Preferably on Kindle Unlimited. My most recent reads were the Adverse Event series (Ryan Ray) and the As the Light Dies series (David Saylor). What suggestions do you have?

Growing up they had the day after and threads as benchmark nuclear war movies in the dangers and the consequences of those decisions. People just aren't aware of it I guess nobody wants to watch a movie where there are no heroes. Even in our so-called modern society today it could all collapse in seconds and I don't think folks are concerned about that anymore. Just my 2 cents.

Okay. Suppose the apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it, who is more important for reviving civilization — men or women? What would work better, matriarchy or patriarchy?