ApocaLit Fridays: Issue #24

Hello Horde

Welcome back to ApocaLit Fridays; Apocalypse-writing's bi-weekly roundup filled with news, information, features and updates on things ..... well, apocalyptic and literature in nature (hence the clever name ).

This week we have the usual Group, Affiliate and Lit Community updates, as well as "What to Watch/Read/Web".

Today in Literary History: May 2, 1859 – Jerome K. Jerome is born.

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Group Updates

Our weekly prompt is Scorched Earth. The deadline is this Saturday 3 May 23:59 EDT.

Check out our latest Member Feature Mondays.

We also updated our New Members Feature for April. Head on over and check them out or just stop in to say .

We are looking for prize donations so that we can continue our monthly contests. If anyone would like to donate prizes, then send us a note. We would be most appreciative of any donations. Also If you would like to donate points, please do so here.

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Affiliate Updates

A reminder that Horror-Writers-Unite are on a Prompt Hiatus during the summer months.

Poetry-To-The-Masses has an Important Announcement regarding closure of the group and posts Weekly Feature #160 and Weekly Feature #161.

LiterallyUnknown has A Quick Note for its members.

PoeticalCondition posts their Critique Department Newsletter #6 and their Monthly Feature of Works.

Story-Corner are still looking for a new Co-Founder. This could also potentially extend to their sister group, Stanza-Corner, as well.

Unseen-Writers theme of the week is Bird.

SixWordStories have new Prompts!, Weekly Spontaneity 106 & 107, and update the Versicolor Project. They also announced their latest Six Word Story Contest. Click through for further details.

AnotherContestGroup have posted their latest Winner’s Package Results.

Nurturing-Narratives announced the Twisted Easter Contest Winners and advised members that Features Will Begin Next Month.

LiteraryCompass asks for help in deciding whether to Stay or Go?.

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Lit Community Updates

CRLiterature announces the CRLiterature Book Club.

communityrelations has the results of their The More Things Change contest as well as announcing their new Themed Fan-Fiction Contest. They also have the March/April CR Newsletter.

devLIT have issued their April – June Challenge.

Spreading-Awareness has had A Change of Leadership.

HugQueen posted the latest issues of Love dA Lit! with Issue 167 and Issue 168 as well as Love dA Lit Loves You: Vol #3..

neurotype-on-discord regularly updates A Smattering of Lit News.

Have you ever checked out LadyLincoln’s The Ladies of Lit? No? Well maybe it’s time you did!

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ApocaLit Features

This week’s search theme was Apocalypse Nature.

- by ShadyBlues

The Siblings, the Apocalypse and the Colony
A brother and sister manage to stay together despite the end of the world as they struggle to avoid being taken by 'the infected' When they find themselves unwillingly enlisted in the 'colony' will they find a new life within these walls or will the colony be what finally tears them apart?
A short one shot story at about 2,600 words.
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The Siblings, the Apocalypse and the Colony
Out in the middle of nowhere lives a family of three.
At one time they were a happy family of four, but after loosing her mother the girl's father became withdrawn from the world, they moved to seclusion and lived out simple lives on their large piece of property away from prying eyes. Their father became an eccentric, anti-government, or rather anti-civilization, and his mannerisms rubbed off on his children as they became his fellow preppers... little did they know as children that their father's actions would be such a saving grace.
Ever since 'the world went to shit' the three of them have been li - by LilleahWest

NatureNature is a wondrous thing
That grants life to all.
Humans and animals alike,
Cannot live without it.
Beautiful emerald forests
So verdant and overflowing
Add colour to the barren world
With gorgeous flower blossoms.
An old and magnificent tree
Can easily tower over all
Surrounding it and give
Shade to ones who need it.
Plants give fruit to eat.
Blushing ripe apples,
Juicy and delicious,
To the tongue.
Humans take these gifts
For granted and destroy
Precious soil and plants.
We must not lose these miracles. - by StoryWeaverKirea

3. The Spider Amidst the Structure
Nightfall arrive, accompanied by a darkness, serene.
Silence became all sound surrounding.
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Many creatures around me came,
Abounding & astounding to my presence.
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Before me stood a massive structure of oak,
Colossal, I envied not, the earth carrying its weight.
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Three crosses stood, like giants amongst the trees,
Reaching out beneath and to the moon above.
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Attaching them was the seal of the Triune of my Lord,
facing both the Heavens and the Earth.
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In its core was a web,
Made fresh by a translucent arachnid.
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The flesh of its figure, the spider, was given such life
By the pale gaze of the moon.
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Its legs stretched wide, and in the light,
Were but a dwarfed allusion to lightning.
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We watched, the creatures and I,
with the inspired awe of the sight before us all.
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Back over my shoulder did my eyes glance,
To find at a distance a storm forging itself to life, by thunder and lightning.
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From Heaven, bellowed the astonishing sound of a horn,
As the opening line of the first act o - by GrubbsWriting

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What To Watch

Closer – SciFi Short Movie.

"Something terrifying is happening to the Earth. Luke and Sarah, unaware of the danger, are just worried about having a passionate offhand camping weekend. Two unexpected guests will ruin their plans."

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What To Read

A Saunter With Death: Book 1 by  Z. N. Halferty, a.k.a. our very own General-Kool-Aid!

"A plague has been cast upon the Earth, turning people into animal-like, cannibalistic beings. With no humanity about them, they devour any creature they encounter, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Read as Kmoneiethe, a young "prepper," struggles to survive the hell that has become his new home as he records, in detail, his experiences. Plagued by a series of misfortunes throughout his journey, his own sanity comes into question; bits of his memory becoming voids, strange occurrences becoming standard, and his actions becoming something of a mystery.....those of a creature; if you will. With little help from his short-known friend, Kmoneiethe endures some of the most challenging obstacle of his life. Each becoming seemingly more difficult as his mental and physical health degrade. Will he survive this new world? Or become another statistic among those that have already fallen?"

Available for purchase from the following retailers:

Amazon (if the paperback copy is purchased via Amazon, the Kindle version is only $0.99 or the equivalent in other currencies)
Barnes & Noble
Ebay
Createspace
It is also available on Kindle and will soon be available on Nook. Keep an eye out for deals, discounts, and sales.

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What To Web

POSTAPOC.NET

"PostApoc.net is a member-driven directory of websites, blogs, products and services featuring content related to the post-apocalyptic genre.  It is a gateway to the best apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic content the web has to offer.

Our members include bloggers, content creators, and practical experts, whose sites cover topics ranging from discussing books, movies and games to real-life advice about how to prepare for an apocalyptic situation."

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Resources

IrrevocableFate's Love dA Lit - latest issue
CRLiterature’s Literature Articles You Should Know
Breaking in to Lit!
Expose-Lit: Your Literature Lifeline
Tips For Young Writers
How to get more views on your Literature
'PinkyMcCoversong's Writing Resources for Noobs (and not-so-noobs)
How to promote other peoples work
Forum on How Publishing Works
=julietcaesar's List of Useful Writing Blogs
#deviantHEART's ARK Project
ezradeacon's LITany of Resources

LiteraryCompass - Group featuring and promoting long-form fiction, novels, and on-going serials.

TheBackOfTheBook - A group for browsing for/or advertising your books.

- A group for writers seeking to be published and for publishers seeking writers to publish; poetry, prose and fan fiction; horror, science fiction, fantasy and romance, manga, comics and cartoons.

TheKnow are a new group here on dA that are building a database of resource material aimed specifically at writers. They now have Round Up #6 posted.

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We hope you enjoyed this week’s edition of ApocaLit Fridays. Make sure to join us again next issue.

If you have any suggestions or if there are any specific topics, hints, and tips that you would like to see included in future editions, then please send the group a note titled "ApocaLit Fridays - General Info" with your suggestion and I will get to researching. If you already have any helpful links or info, then include those as well (it will certainly make my job easier ).

Also, if you've recently come across a piece of apocalypse-themed literature that you would like to see featured (and that is not your own or from one of our members), then send us a note titled "ApocaLit Fridays - Feature", include a link to the original deviation and a brief blurb about why you would like it featured and we'll make sure to add it in. *Note: Your name will be included with the deviation as "suggested by".

The deadline for these is no later than Thursday 12:00 noon (EDT).

Until next time, Dear Horde. Stay frosty.