Book 1
Apocalypticon
Patrick talks his best friend Ben Fogelvee into the worst road trip in history: Chicago to Disney World, across a wasteland full of strange survivors and stranger dangers.
The dead walk · Signed by the author
The complete Apocalypticon series
The world ended on M-Day, when Flying Monkey bombs liquefied most of America. Patrick Deen survived. Naturally, he wants to go to Disney World.
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Field notes from the apocalypse · Books 1–4
Read them in order
Patrick Deen and his best friend, Ben Fogelvee, are two of the very few people left in America after M-Day. Over four books, they cross a mutated country, chase a cure for Green Fever, and try very hard not to die.
Book 1
Book 2
Post-Apocalypticon
Believing Patrick is dead, Ben sets out to recover a notebook, and stumbles onto Green Fever, a sickness spreading across what's left of the country, and the rumor of a cure.
Book 3
Broken World
Patrick is alive, short on allies he can trust, and still searching for Ben, while the mutated landscape gets stranger and a possible antidote gets closer.
Book 4
Slaughterhouse Run
With a band of young Red Caps, Patrick and Ben make a desperate cross-country run to Long Beach, California, where Susannah Gustheed holds the real cure, and the clock is ticking on Ben's life.
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Fantasy adventure
Na Akua (Signed Paperback)
Jilted at the altar, Grayson Park takes his honeymoon to Maui alone, and ends up racing Hawaiian gods to rescue a mysterious woman before the full moon.
“I didn't think anything could top (Smith's) Apocalypticon. I was so wrong.” ★★★★★
Dark comedy novel
Anomaly Flats (Signed Paperback)
A stranded traveler, a scientist's evil clone, and a Midwestern town where you never go down aisle eight.
“Brilliant good fun… a Twilight Zone for the post-modern generation!” ★★★★★
Horror stories
It Came From Anomaly Flats (Signed Paperback)
Nine tales of transdimensional horror from the strangest town in the Midwest.
“Clayton Smith is the most imaginative writer you probably aren't reading.” ★★★★★
Dark Matter, book one
Demon Zero: Dark Matter Book 1 (Signed Paperback)
Two slackers find an all-powerful demon living in the neighbor's basement. Book one of the Dark Matter trilogy.
“Highly entertaining, funny, with intense danger.” ★★★★★
Survivor testimonials
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“Inventive, original and very fun.”
How to survive this checkout
- 1Pick your free bookAny one of them. It's a $19.99 value.
- 2Tell me who they're forYours, or a fellow survivor's. All 5 get inscribed.
- 3Check outYour free book comes off automatically. Choose your shipping speed.
- 4I sign them FridayMake the weekly cutoff and they ship that Friday.
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Claim my 5 signed booksQuestions from the bunker
Do I need to read them in order?
Yes. Start with Apocalypticon, then Post-Apocalypticon, Broken World, and Slaughterhouse Run.
Are the free books connected to the series?
No. Nā Akua, Anomaly Flats, and It Came From Anomaly Flats each stand alone. Demon Zero is book one of the Dark Matter trilogy.
Who gets the inscription?
All five books are signed and inscribed to the name you enter.
When will my books ship?
I sign and ship every Friday. Orders placed by Thursday at 11:59 PM Eastern go out that week.
Where do you ship?
Anywhere in the US. You choose the shipping speed and cost at checkout.
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