ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT...  For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin's seminal The Postman to Hugh Howey's Deep Blood Kettle and Tananarive Due's prescient Patient Zero, the end of the world continues to thrill.  This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by:  Ann Aguirre  Megan Arkenberg  Paolo Bacigalupi  Christopher Barzak Lauren Beukes  David Brin  Orson Scott Card  Junot Díaz  Cory Doctorow  Tananarive Due  Toiya Kristen  Finley Milo  Joe R. Lansdale  George R. R. Martin  Jack McDevitt  Seanan McGuire  Maureen F. McHugh  D. Thomas Minton  Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling  Ramsey Shehadeh  Robert Silverberg Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who’s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing.  ---  PRAISE FOR WASTELANDS: Everything that is best about the trope, from bleak, empty worlds to beacons of hope. - Booklist. The best anthology of any kind I have read to date. - Grasping for the Wind. A great collection that gets my highest recommendation.- Bookgasm