#40: The year is...well it's a little timey wimey, but we're calling it 1939. Tom Conner was just a normal dude who was sent to the electric chair for murder...and wakes up to find himself in the FUTURE! In a world ruled by Immortals, Tom truly is the 2nd love interest of a YA dystopian novel heroine, he just doesn't know it yet. I straight up lose it over slide rulers in this one. Come for a rebellion that just really hates paying taxes, stay for the one immortal cat left alive.  And yes,...

#39: We're still in 1936 but we've moved out to the Scottish Highlands and taken up cave-living in the face of war! If you liked THE HATCHET or other wilderness survival books as a kid, you're probably going to like this one. This book could have been insufferable with moralizing, but MacPherson weaves a deceptively simple narrative that got under our ribs. We just wish he had ended it 2 chapters earlier... Remember kids, the real Apocalypse is when you walk away from society.  Support us...

#38: The year is 1936 and we're back to our beloved Czech author Karel Capek. This is a much grimmer end of the world when compared to his 1922 novel THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE. While both novels address the danger of voracious human consumption, this one digs much deeper into the horrors of colonialism, and the exploitation of "the Other". Although, who was Bondy in real life and what axe did Capek have to grind with him??? Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC

#37: The year is a little of '34, a little of '35, and who gave T.H. White the right to delight us so much?! We 100% were not expecting all these hunting puns, but we are here for it. Come for Mr. Marx's sporting tour (who is a POC and NOT a villain, actually), stay for a very British farce of a Decameron.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism

#36: We're back in 1934 with THE STRANGE INVADERS by Alun Llewellyn! If you can here on the promise of dinosaurs, I regret to inform you, so did we. New t-shirt idea: I survived the Apocalypse and all I got was this lousy herd of big man-eating lizards. Come for Alun's dislike of Stalin's communism, stay for the sexiest of lamps.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC, Email us at [email protected]

#35: Raven went back in time to 1909 to read the novella THE MACHINE STOPS with friend of the Apoc-pod, John Skylar!  E. M. Forster was very queer (he wrote MAURICE, after all) and must have had a looking glass into the future because he nailed Zoom Fatigue. Come for a society that has a Machine that does EVERYTHING for them, stay for trying to avert an apocalypse with a Strongly Worded Complaint. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC

#34: The year is 1934 & Mitchell co-wrote a book with his own pseudonym, which LBH feels like a very Scottish thing to do. Come for our bisexual, nudist female protagonist who is here to bash the Fash, stay for this one neat trick to help you fall asleep...with the small side effect that you end up in the F U T U R E! Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC, Email us at [email protected]

#33: The year is 1934 & we spent more time talking about Tiffany but TBH the book didn't have a declassified FBI file or a sick burn courtesy of Dorothy Parker. This book asks 'what would happen if no one could die?' and no one's the good guy here, not even the secretary.  ESPECIALLY the secretary.  Come for the zombie apocalypse no one asked for (including the author!), stay for the straights being at it again. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism

#32: The year is STILL 1933 with THE LORD OF LIFE by pseudonym of a pseudonym Neil Bell. 19 men and 1 woman are the only known survivors after a mad Bond villain scientist ends the world and it only gets worse from there. Come for how fish are NOT pollinators, actually, stay for the Victory of the Incel. Where's a puke emoji when you need one...CW: We talk about rape and coercion but we try to keep from being graphic. Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC Support us...

#31.2: We continue our exploration of THE WOMAN ON THE BEAST! We haven't had a biblical Apocalypse since our first book and we really enjoyed this one. Come for the eve of the French Revolution, stay for Helen's OPINIONS about Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC

#31: Raven and Nella are back with your regularly scheduled Apocalist Book Club! We're still in 1933 but the exciting news is that your hosts are fully vaccinated and recorded this episode face-to-face! That, and the fact they adored this book is probably why this episode is split into two parts. Come for Nella giving the briefest of histories about Goa and the Inquisition, stay for our new favorite Australian Hedge Witch.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism

Our heroes take to the skies to give the Allens what for! Will they save the Earth from oncoming utopia? Will they ever return home? And how DO the Benevolents get their whites so white?! Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow the progress of the Apocalist here. Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC, Email us at [email protected]

Last time, on the Battle of the Allens! Our heroes join forces with the Evel Terrarists, and leapt to Manhattan’s defense by  repairing the artillery battery on Randall’s Island! But the airship disappeared from the skies! Will our heroes get some answers back at the Evel Terrarists’ HQ at the Central Park Arsenal? Who is the Evel Terrarists’ head scientist? Why did no one think twice about calling themselves the ‘Evel Terrarists’? Thank you LindsayPB on Twitter for voicing Olga Romanoff!

Last time, on the Battle of the Allens! Berties Smallways, Claire Webster, and Quinton Edge are ripped from their own broken worlds to find themselves in a hot air balloon hovering over a Manhattan under attack from the skies! Can they repair the battery on Randall’s Island and save the besieged city from the Benevolents' bombardment? Who does Cerulean Blunt work for? And where IS Claire Webster keeping all those walnuts? CW: Violence; Foley of gunfire, and a body falling from a great height. 

It was asked for and by Jove, it begins! THE BATTLE OF THE ALLENS: A Savage Worlds RPG (Ep. 1) Who will win after the end of their world? Dramatis Personae: Bertie Smallways from WAR IN THE AIR . . . Nella Quinton Edge from THE DOOMSMEN . . . Raven Claire Webster from DELUGE . . . Angelina Meehan  and presenting . . .Jeff Liu-Leyco as our GM! 4 episodes total releasing on Wednesdays! Regular Apocalist episodes will return in May. Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC

#30: We're back at it by backtracking to 1933! This book is a post-apocalyptic gang thinking they could be Camelot but then Shakespearean tragedy smacks them down. AS IT SHOULD, because our good guys are DEFINITELY the baddies. You could have been trading, but instead you were pillaging and raping. CW: If you read the book one character is a pedophile.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC

#29: Nella and Raven needed a break from the world, so they hopped a ride to Bronson Beta and read the truly pulpy AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE! The Earth may be gone, but there sure are Soviets. We also watched the 1952 movie adaptation of WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, which, hey, at least it was short. Come for a planet that conveniently isn't trying to kill you despite your best efforts, stay for Marian Jackson, the real MVP.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow us on twitter...

#28: The year is 1933 and get in, losers, we're going to SPACE! We've entered the Pulp Age, and Nella is VERY here for this screwball apocalypse. Come for the inspiration for Flash Gordon and maybe even Superman (???), stay for some gosh darn good pulp. And remember kids: bring the Botanist to the moss, NOT the moss to the Botanist! Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism; Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC

#27: The year is 1930 and it's Apocalypse by Sterility, y'all! Won't somebody think of the CHILDREN! Come for a woman of color just trying to live her damn life, stay for the classic blunder of getting involved in a land war in Asia. CW: this novel contains racism, Anti-Semitism, homophobia, violence again religious minorities, sexual violence against men and women. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Follow us on twitter @ApocalistC