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Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box: The Box
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Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box: The Box

Published by Hachette Audio

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

A new short story from Mira Grant, the author of Feed. Every week five friends get together to play a game-- a game they call the Apocalypse Game. It's a fun time with chips and beer and plotting the end of the world. Except this time, one of them is missing and the stakes are higher than ever before.

Word count: ~3,900


Newsflesh Short Fiction Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box Countdown San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus

For more from Mira Grant, check out:
Newsflesh Feed Deadline Blackout
Parasitology Parasite Symbiont Chimera
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 21, 2011
ISBN9781611137422
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Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box: The Box

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow...Amazing!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    As a stand alone story it is really well done and had me captivated all the way through. At the time I had no idea that it was tied in with her zombie trilogy. There are no walking-dead to be found in "The Box". This is basically a roundtable of geeks that try and think scenarios that would result in a end of the world situation. Well, one of them is in a position to really make it happen....
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Going into this, keep in mind that this is an incredibly short story. It’s set up is quick and it’s conclusion is quicker. That doesn’t stop it from being an enjoyable read, one which gives us an idea of what’s to come for the rest of the Newsflesh triology.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It's a short story. And its horror, so be warned. But the writing is crisp and clear and it gets the point across.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is a VERY short novel. It’s not bad, it’s just terribly short. I wish there was much more of it.
    Get it from your local library if you wish to read or listen to it.
    Narrated by the author, Mira Grant.

    3 stars.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This was an interesting good short story!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Holy hell...I got into a fight with someone once over GoT. I mentioned that I had never mourned for a single character's death in GoT because I never felt close or attached to any of the characters that died - they felt like fodder: like they were created merely to be killed. The person I was arguing with said I must be a sociopath for not feeling close to a character after knowing them for a thousand pages. My rebuttal was that, just because they have fleshed out personalities and backgrounds, doesn't make them *speak* to me. I couldn't care less about them. This book demonstrates that very well. In a short, twenty minutes, I came to truly care for the characters. I cared about their past, presents and futures, regardless of how little time I spent with them. I even cared about the unknowable thirty people connected to them (ten each, you'll understand after reading it). And the voice in the recording. Dear god did I feel for her. I odder her compassion, pity, hatred, and anger. Short story writing is a truly delicate art. And Mira Grant seems to have mastered it. Excellent character building, incredible plot building, an intriguing mystery, and *successful* cliffhanger! Oh dear god how I love and adore the elusive and endangered creature: the successful cliffhanger. So often, you see the mangled, roadkill pelt of a cliffhanger. This is a cliffhanger done right.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This short story is really just the length of about one chapter. The description on Amazon says 45 pages but I think it’s shorter. It’s hard to tell because it’s e-book only. So the first thing I’ll say about it is that it’s not worth the $1.99 Amazon is charging for it!It’s an eerie story that can stand on its own, kind of like a Twilight Zone episode. However, I found it to be more confusing than mysterious. I read it twice (since it only takes ten minutes to read!) and I still don’t understand what Cole, the missing group member, was trying to accomplish and why.This story is supposed to be one of the prequels of the Newsflesh series but I don’t think it fits in at all. If I understand it correctly, it actually gives a completely different cause of the rising. If anyone out there has read it and the Newsflesh series, I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts.In short, even if you’re a fan of the Newflesh series, I think you can save your two dollars and skip this one.