Short Stories of Apocalypse is the first print fiction collection from Emergence Magazine, exploring apocalypse in the past, present, and future. The collection brings together writers whose work engages with endings — ecological, personal, civilisational — and asks what lies on the other side of collapse.
The word "apocalypse" comes from the Greek for uncovering or revelation, and the stories in this collection honour that original meaning: they are not merely about destruction but about what is revealed when the familiar structures of life fall away. The writing ranges across time and geography, united by a shared interest in the relationship between human beings and the worlds they inhabit — especially when those worlds are changing faster than anyone can process.
Published by a magazine that has always existed at the intersection of ecology, culture, and spirituality, Short Stories of Apocalypse treats fiction as a way of thinking about the future that is at least as useful as any scientific model — and considerably more human.