The snow has stopped falling for now, the gloomy black clouds have gone their separate ways, leaving a strangely pretty dusk. My thoughts are shattered by the badly aging intercom speakers crackling and hissing a demand. "ALL STAFF TO WARD 5, ROOM 3, IMMEDIATELY." Read "Lakeside Doomsday Cult" on Ash Tales: ashtales.com/episodes/lakeside-doomsday-cult About the author: Benjamin Blake was born in the July of 1985, and grew up in the small town of Eltham, New Zealand. He is the author of the novel, The Devil's Children, the poetry and prose collections, A Prayer for Late October, Southpaw Nights, Reciting Shakespeare with the Dead, and Standing on the Threshold of Madness. Find more of his writing (and photography) at www.benjaminblake.com. About the narrator: Josh Moynehan is a writer and voice actor from Aylesbury in the UK. You can find him online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-moynehan/. Discover more original post apocalyptic stories: ashtales.com/episodes Read "The Green Priest," on sale now: https://www.rainmakerwritings.com/

After nearly a decade of analysis, the Linguistics Department of Gabonium University cracked the enigma that is the Sea Lords Script. Read "The Sea Lords Script" on Ash Tales: ashtales.com/episodes/the-sea-lords-script About the author: Jason E. Maddux is an aviation attorney, who uses writing speculative fiction and children's stories as a creative outlet each night once his two daughters are in bed. After spending his youth moving around the south-eastern United States, he now resides in northern Virginia. Follow his writing online at https://jasonemaddux.com/ and @Jason_E_Maddux. Discover more original post apocalyptic stories: ashtales.com/episodes Read "The Green Priest," on sale now: https://www.rainmakerwritings.com/

It’s dangerous out there, especially when food becomes scarce and crime picks up. But when you wear body-parts jewelry, well - people take you seriously. Read "Body Parts Jewelry Store Man" on Ash Tales: ashtales.com/episodes/fourteenth-birthday-chat About the author: Michael Carter is a short fiction and creative nonfiction writer from the Western United States. He’s also ghostwriter in the legal profession, a Space Camp Alum, and a volcanic eruption survivor. He enjoys fly fishing and wandering remote wilderness areas with no cell service. You can find him online at michaelcarter.ink and @mcmichaelcarter. About the narrator: Josh Moynehan is a writer and voice actor from Aylesbury in the UK. You can find him online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-moynehan/. Discover more original post apocalyptic stories: ashtales.com/episodes Read The Green Priest, on sale now: https://www.rainmakerwritings.com/

The generator fails, the temperature begins to rise, and you realise: this may be the last conversation you ever have. Some birthday, eh? The Green Priest, on sale now: https://www.rainmakerwritings.com/ Read "Fourteenth Birthday Chat" on Ash Tales: ashtales.com/episodes/fourteenth-birthday-chat About the author: Sharni Wilson is a New Zealand writer of fiction and Japanese-to-English literary translator, whose work has appeared in Takahē and the Tokyo Poetry Journal. She can be found at www.sharniwilson.com Discover more original post apocalyptic stories: ashtales.com/episodes Get featured on the podcast: ashtales.com/submit

Follow two sisters, Terra and Ada, as they forage through humanity's far-future, in a world littered with high-tech relics and ruins from a civilisation long-since destroyed. Read "The Poppies' Secret" on Ash Tales: ashtales.com/episodes/the-poppies-secret Discover more original post apocalyptic stories: ashtales.com/episodes Get featured on the podcast: ashtales.com/submit

One man and his dog retrace their footsteps through the wreckage of a life forever changed by a deadly disease. Read "Digging" on Ash Tales: ashtales.com/stories/digging Discover more original post apocalyptic stories: ashtales.com/stories Get featured on the podcast: ashtales.com/submit

In the wake of catastrophe, the return to normal life happens slowly, uncertainly, as Mia and Anders reclaim forgotten memories and desires, piece by piece. Read "The Supermarket" on Ash Tales: ashtales.com/stories/the-supermarket Discover more original post apocalyptic stories: ashtales.com/stories Get featured on the podcast: ashtales.com/submit Get 25% off The Green Priest with the code ASHTALES25: https://ashtales.com/the-green-priest

It has rained for centuries, and the sprawling cities of the Elders have drowned beneath the floodwaters. The survivors of Shelter, a hollowed-out mountain-side refuge, eke out a simple existence amidst the flooded, overgrown ruins of a forgotten civilisation. But at the edge of every tale can be found rumours, whispers and nightmares of the Green Priests, a mythical religious order with powers beyond reckoning and secrets beyond count. When a young hunter called Halvar discovers a curious artefact of the ancients, the Priests are spurred to action. For the people of Shelter have stumbled dangerously close to a truth that will reshape the world. And now, the rainmakers have arrived. --- Enjoyed chapter one? Explore the full-length novel from Ash Tales: https://ashtales.com/the-green-priest As a "thank you" for subscribing to the podcast, use code ASHTALES25 for 25% off.