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The End of the World does not come because of a nuclear war, and it does not come because of the walking dead. The end of the world comes because most of the world’s population is going crazy. It begins as people start stuttering and saying incomprehensible things. They cannot help themselves. Whatever has happened to them causes madness. They destroy their neighbors’ homes, burn cities, and murder those who have not gone crazy.

Ethan Simmons wakes on a Saturday morning to an overcast sky, and a hangover. He has slept in his clothes and cannot recall the events of the night before. This isn’t the first time his partying lifestyle has caused him memory troubles; however, it is the first time those issues have placed a deep-seated fear in his heart. As he takes in the neighborhood from his front porch, Ethan realizes the drinking from the night before isn’t the only thing that has escaped his memory.

The end of the world arrived at the same time that a massive blizzard hit the city of Colorado Springs. During the storm, people began losing their minds. These people instantly became giddy killers who laughed while they murdered. Every fiendish assault on normal people was hilarious, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe from them. They hunted the young and old alike. They soon became known as the laughers. As Reggie and his band of survivors attempt to settle into the cabin in the woods where they hope to remain hidden, a new horror is brewing. This one is of the human variety.

Bob has spent the past 40 years running from an evil that has relentlessly tried to kill him. Nancy is a stranger who wants to know Bob’s story of survival. As Bob reveals the story of his life to Nancy, of his constant loss, he is as much telling his story to her as he is weighing her response. Who is Nancy? An innocent stranger listening carefully to a story shared by an old man, or a part of the ever-present evil that continues to pursue Bob?

The mysterious man known as the Radio Killer has figured out where Kalen McDonald and his family live. It is only a matter of time before he strikes. He needs Kalen to die. He cannot continue his depraved game of murdering prostitutes with the Kalen hunting him, promising to end his life and his sadistic game. As the Radio Killer draws ever closer, another man comes to the attention of Kalen. He is a man who has determined he must have a woman he desires. The lovely Shelby Marris is in his crosshairs.

Adam Hammond wants to return to a more normal existence, but the monsters who come to his door each night, appearing as the people he has loved and lost, have different ambitions. They beg and plead for Adam to open the door; to come outside. Appearing as his deceased wife and son, they cry for him to open his sanctuary to them, but Adam knows to do so would mean his death.

Kalen’s world is turning upside down. His trusted partner, Mitchell, is in the hospital and the timing couldn’t be worse. The threat that Karina poses to his family grows by the hour as another mysterious threat emerges. Who is the man lying in a hospital bed named Max? Is he the victim of a stalker? Is he as innocent as he claims, or are there more complicated circumstances brewing under the surface?

Adrian and Delanie Michaels need a new beginning in their marriage. Old grievances have almost buried them. To begin again, they need new scenery. They need a new environment for themselves and their young son, Trey. They never imagined they would be able to afford a home the size of the two-story Victorian they find in an older, upscale Colorado neighborhood. They know the home is newer than those around it, and they know this is because the original home on the site burned to the ground.

A young man wakes in his basement. His face and arms are scratched and cut. His clothes are blood stained and trails of blood flow across the basement floor to his very large freezer. Though he can’t recall what happened to him, he knows something horrible lies waiting in the freezer. The idea of opening the freezer’s lid terrify him, but he also knows his mother will return home at any moment and she may be the scariest thing of all.

Peter Goode wants nothing more than to meet the woman of his dreams and find a little rest and relaxation in the rolling hills of Northern New York. Unfortunately, Peter will encounter an enemy who can appear to be anyone at any time. If this supernatural entity gets its way, Peter’s best friend, Dan, and Dan’s cousin, Josie, will die along with a lot of other people. Peter is a quiet man who lived through a childhood dominated by his alcoholic mother, her physical and emotional abuse, and some special abilities.

Kalen McDonald will find himself in one of the most unusual battles of his life as he faces off against Davie, a brilliant and psychopathic murderer. Kalen knows Davie, and he knows what he must do to save his family. What he doesn’t know is that another storm is brewing. Another killer, a woman, is coming and the only thing she wants in the entire world is - Kalen. His son Brent knows she’s coming and must convince him to take this emerging threat seriously. Brent can see a future and it’s possible that it won’t include his dad.

Peter Goode is a normal man who wants to shed his abnormal life. He wants to find a few friends and share experiences with people who aren’t put off by his physical appearance, which is why he’s decided to take a trip from his home in New York City to the expanses of Acadia National Park in Maine. It’s in Acadia that Peter hopes to see a different way of life and people who don’t see him as ugly. On his bus trip north, though, Peter is warned of the things in Acadia that haunt the forest and seek to lure unsuspecting people from the trails deeper into the woods.

Peter Goode is home from vacation to rest and further develop his new relationship with the woman of his dreams. Upon arriving home, though, he discovers an old flame dead, lying on his bed. Peter knows he will never be able to explain her being in his home, and further, he knows an evil presence is behind her death.